COUNTRIES: The
American Sign Language (ASL) sign for "countries"
This page contains the signs for various countries in alphabetical order.
COUNTRY-[flat-hand-version]-[continent]-[rural]
COUNTRY-[Y-hand-version]-[sometimes used for "county"]
COUNTRIES:
A:
AFGHANISTAN-video coming soon.
AFRICA
AFRICA (beautiful / reclaimed version):
ALBANIA-video coming soon.
ALGERIA-video coming soon.
ANDORRA-video coming soon.
ANGOLA-video coming soon.
ANTIGUA-[A / flat hand-version]:
ARGENTINA:
ARGENTINA-[two-handed-version]:
ARMENIA-video coming soon.
ASIA
AUSTRALIA-[8-5-hands-version]
AUSTRALIA-[legacy-version]-[ANTHROPOLOGY]-[CUBA]
AUSTRIA-[bent-V-hands-version]
AUSTRIA-[index-finger-version]:
AZERBAIJAN-video coming soon.
B:
BAHAMAS-video coming soon.
BAHRAIN-video coming soon.
BANGLADESH:
BARBADOS:
BELARUS:
BELGIUM-video coming soon.
BELIZE-video coming soon.
BENIN-video coming soon.
BHUTAN-video coming soon.
BOLIVIA-video coming soon.
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA-video coming soon.
BOTSWANA-video coming soon.
BRAZIL:
BRUNEI-video coming soon.
BULGARIA-video coming soon.
BURKINA FASO-video coming soon.
BURUNDI-video coming soon.
C:
Côte d'Ivoire-video coming soon.
CABO VERDE-video coming soon.
CAMBODIA-video coming soon.
CAMEROON-video coming soon.
CANADA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-video coming soon.
CHAD-video coming soon.
CHILE:
CHINA:
CHINA-[legacy-version-not-recommended-in-ASL]
COLOMBIA-video coming soon.
COMOROS-video coming soon.
CONGO (CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE)-video coming soon.
COSTA RICA-video coming soon.
CROATIA-video coming soon.
CUBA-[fingerspelled-version]
CUBA-[flat-hand-forehead-version-recommended]-[also-means-ANTHROPOLOGY]
CUBA-[C-hand-beard-version]
CUBA-[C-hand-forehead-version]
CUBA-[F-hand-cigar-version]
CUBA-[cigar-O-version]
CUBA [CUBAN] [fire-fighter version]
CUBA [baby-C-version]
CYPHRUS-video coming soon.
CZECH REPUBLIC-video coming soon.
D:
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO-video coming soon.
DENMARK-[3-hand-near-chest-version]
DJIBOUTI-video coming soon.
DOMINICA-video coming soon.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-[RD-version]
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-[DR-version]
E:
ECUADOR-video coming soon.
EGYPT-[X-hand-forehead-version]
EGYPT-[version]
EL SALVADOR
ENGLAND / (English)
ENGLAND [English] [indigenous version]
England-[indigenous-version]
EQUATORIAL GUINEA-video coming soon.
ERITREA-video coming soon.
ESTONIA-video coming soon.
ESWATINI (formerly SWAZILAND)-video coming soon.
ETHIOPIA-video coming soon.
EUROPE [palm forward version] [indigenous]
F:
FIJI-video coming soon.
FINLAND-[X-fingertip-tap-chin-version]
FRANCE
FRANCE-[outward-twist-version]
G:
GABON-video coming soon.
GAMBIA-video coming soon.
GEORGIA (country)-video coming soon.
GERMANY-GERMAN-[5-hands-version]
GERMANY / GERMAN / UNICORN-[INDEX-finger-version-indigenous]
GERMANY [efficient version / index finger]
GHANA-video coming soon.
GREECE-[G-slides-off-nose-version]
GREECE-[INDEX-fingers-version-indigenous]
GRENADA-video coming soon.
GUATEMALA-[city]
GUATEMALA-[back-of-hand-version]-[city]
GUINEA-video coming soon.
GUINEA-BISSAU-video coming soon.
GUYANA-video coming soon.
H:
HAITI-video coming soon.
HOLLAND-[hat-version]-[the-country-of-Holland]
HOLLAND-[Dutch-people]-[Dutch-language]
HOLY SEE-video coming soon.
HONDURAS-[Houston]
HONG-KONG-[O-5-face-version]
HONG KONG-[fingerspelled-version]
HUNGARY-video coming soon.
I:
ICELAND-video coming soon.
INDIA-[A-hand-version]
INDIA-[INDEX-finger-version]
INDIA-[I-hand-version]
INDONESIA
IRAN-[A-hand-on-palm-version]
IRAQ-[Q-hand-on-palm-version]
IRELAND/ [also used for "Idaho, U.S."] (circular movement then down)
IRELAND-[forehead-version]-[recommended-version]
ISRAEL-[initialized-version]
ISRAEL-[index-finger-from-cheek-version]
ISRAEL-[palm-back-v-pulled-across-chin]
ISRAEL-[initialized-palm-back-chin-version]
ITALY-[based-on-country-shape]
ITALY-[legacy-version]
J:
JAMAICA-video coming soon.
JAPAN-[based-on-country-shape]
JEW-JEWISH-[version-of-ISRAEL]
JORDAN-video coming soon.
K:
KAZAKHSTAN-video coming soon.
KENYA-[version-1-modified-T-double-backward-movement]
KENYA-[version-2-both-shoulders-version]
KENYA-[version-3/modified-T-double-forward-movement]
KENYA-[version-4-modified-T-twisted-movement]
KIRIBATI-video coming soon.
KOREA
KUWAIT-video coming soon.
KYRGYZSTAN-video coming soon.
L:
LAOS-video coming soon.
LATVIA-video coming soon.
LEBANON-video coming soon.
LESOTHO-video coming soon.
LIBERIA-video coming soon.
LIBYA-video coming soon.
LIECHTENSTEIN-video coming soon.
LITHUANIA-video coming soon.
LUXEMBOURG-video coming soon.
M:
MADAGASCAR-video coming soon.
MALAYSIA
MALAWI-video coming soon.
MALDIVES-video coming soon.
MALI-video coming soon.
MALTA-video coming soon.
MARSHALL ISLANDS-video coming soon.
MAURITANIA-video coming soon.
MAURITIUS-video coming soon.
MEXICO-[V-hand-version]
MICRONESIA-video coming soon.
MOLDOVA-video coming soon.
MONACO-video coming soon.
MONGOLIA
MONTENEGRO-video coming soon.
MOROCCO-video coming soon.
MOZAMBIQUE-video coming soon.
MYANMAR-video coming soon.
N:
NAMIBIA-video coming soon.
NAURU-video coming soon.
NEPAL-video coming soon.
NETHERLANDS-[Holland-version]
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA-video coming soon.
NIGER-video coming soon.
NIGERIA-video coming soon.
NORTH-AMERICA
NORTH AMERICA-[depictive-version]
NORTH KOREA-video coming soon.
NORTH MACEDONIA-video coming soon.
NORWAY-[sideways-Z-in-air-version]
O:
OMAN-video coming soon.
P:
PAKISTAN-video coming soon.
PALAU-video coming soon.
PALESTINE STATE-video coming soon.
PANAMA
PERU-video coming soon.
PHILIPPINES-[circle-down-P-on-back-of-fist-version]
POLAND:
POLAND-[indigenous-version]
PORTUGAL-video coming soon.
PUERTO-RICO-[PR-on-back-of-fist-version]
Q:
QATAR-video coming soon.
R:
ROMANIA-video coming soon.
RUSSIA-[old-version]-[not-recommended]
RWANDA-video coming soon.
S:
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS-video coming soon.
SAINT LUCIA-video coming soon.
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES-video coming soon.
SAMOAN
SAN MARINO-video coming soon.
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE-video coming soon.
SAUDI-[Arabia]
SAUDI ARABIA [version]
SCOTLAND-[bagpipes-version]
SCOTLAND-[plaid-version]
SENEGAL-video coming soon.
SERBIA-video coming soon.
SEYCHELLES-video coming soon.
SIERRA LEONE-video coming soon.
SINGAPORE-video coming soon.
SLOVAKIA-video coming soon.
SLOVENIA-video coming soon.
SOLOMON ISLANDS-video coming soon.
SOMALIA-video coming soon.
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH-AMERICA
SOUTH AMERICA-[depictive version]
SOUTH KOREA-video coming soon.
SOUTH SUDAN-video coming soon.
SPAIN-[X-on-heart-version]
SPANISH-[Spanish-language]-[MEXICO-version]-[SPAIN-version]
SPAIN [flattened O version]
SRI LANKA-video coming soon.
SUDAN-video coming soon.
SURINAME-video coming soon.
SWEDEN-[squid-on-back-of-hand-version]
SWITZERLAND-[cross-on-chest-version]
SYRIA
T:
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN-video coming soon.
TANZANIA-video coming soon.
THAILAND
TIMOR-LESTE-video coming soon.
TOGO-video coming soon.
TONGAN-[legacy-version]
TONGAN-[advanced/casual-version]
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO-video coming soon.
TUNISIA-video coming soon.
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN-video coming soon.
TUVALU-video coming soon.
U:
UGANDA-video coming soon.
UKRAINE
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-video coming soon.
UNITED KINGDOM / fs-U-K / UK
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / USA
URUGUAY-video coming soon.
UZBEKISTAN-video coming soon.
V:
VANUATU-video coming soon.
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM-[indigenous-sign]-[mustache-version]
VIETNAM-[legacy-version]-[VN-at-eye]
VIETNAM-north [North Vietnam, Vietnam]
VIETNAM-south [South Vietnam, Vietnam]
Y:
YEMEN-video coming soon.
YUGOSLAVIA [ASL-version]
YUGOSLAVIA [international-version]
Z:
ZAMBIA-video coming soon.
ZIMBABWE-video coming soon.
Notes:
See: CONTINENT
See: EARTH
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