This comprises the sign language of the deaf community in Russia. This language was used for conveying meaning using hands to show shapes, orientation of the hands, communicating manually and certain patterns using the lips, orientation of arms or body and facial expression to express the thoughts fluidly.

The complex spatial grammar of Russian sign language differs from that of the spoken Russian language and it can be used to discuss any topic, ranging from the simple and concrete to the lofty as well as abstract. There are many types existing in the deaf communities across the country while some of them have no recognition status at all!

They could possibly be richer than the oral language and many linguists who have studied this have found that they are similar in structure to the oral language. The signs are mostly arbitrary and they mostly do not have any visual relationship to the word referred to.

The many unique linguistic features which emerge from the languages’ ability are to produce the meanings in different parts of the visual field simultaneously. Russian sign language does not depend on the oral Russian language nor is it the oral language expressed in action.

This language exploits the unique features of the visual medium because the oral language being linear only one sound can be made or received at a time whereas in this language a whole scene can be taken in at once as it is visual. Several channels of information can be expressed simultaneously. In an occasion where the existence of deaf people are high enough a single deaf sign language is taken up by an entire local community.

Russian sign language necessitates a very brief pause between the terms, signifying the beginning and ending of words especially when you are expressing big sentences using your finger. A sudden slow down because of difficult letter combination may have the reader thinking that you are starting a new word leading to misunderstanding.

Parents of deaf children should introduce the language to the ward as early as possible. The earlier the child is exposed to sign languages and begins to acquire language will result in better development of the ward’s communication skills.

Researchers say that the first six months are the most crucial stage to the development of a child’s language skills. Screening for deafness and partial hearing losses have to be executed on all newborns before they leave the hospital or maximum within the first month of life.
Becoming fully competent in any language a person exposure to that language must begin as early as possible and definitely before school age.

People who generally use Russian sign language avoid long nails or excessive jewellery as it distracts when watching finger spelling.

Mexican Sign Language

Deaf communities, their family and friends as a common and convenient means of communication, use sign languages in many parts of the world. Even within a country there might exists many sign languages that would vary from region to region, however, in Mexico there is just one language known as The Mexican Sign Language.

The Mexican Sign language is also known as “lengua de señas mexicana”, “Lenguaje de Signos Mexicano”.It is also referred by the initials LSM. It is more commonly used in the urban regions.It is said that this language is used by about eighty seven thousand people in just the urban areas of Mexico.Mexico has now developed many deaf communities and its own deaf culture. Now, all over Mexico there are many deaf schools, social organizations, religious services and sports.

It is said that there is a church in the Mexico City which is known to hold masses in their local sign language. There are
also many churches that are especially dedicated to the deaf here. And in places such as Guadalajara there also exist deaf ministries.This form of sign language is used most by the people of the Mexico City, and then followed by Guadalajara and Monterrey. Besides these cities there are also a large number of small cities that use the language. It has also been noted that there is a lot of regional variation in the language. You might also find this kind of variation between people belonging to different age groups and people of different religious backgrounds.

Like all other sign languages the LSM also uses manual communication, lip patterns and body language instead of
sound. It involves combining, simultaneously hand shapes, movement of the hands and its orientation along with the movement of arms or body and the facial expressions to express person’s thoughts. The Mexican sign language is very different from Spanish. It has totally different verb inflections and a different preference for the order of words. Lengua de señas mexicana or the Mexican Sign language is believed to have been derived from OFSL or the Old Frence Sign Language, combined with the local sign languages that existed during that time.

This language developed in the year 1869.It is said that LSM might also have been influenced to a great extent by the Spanish Sign Language. It also has similarities to the American Sign Language (American Sign Language is used in the
United States of America, Canada and many other countries). The Mexican sign Language was declared officially as the
National language along with Spanish and other many other languages that are to be used in the national education system for the deaf. The Mexican Sign Language has its own vocabulary and grammar. Just like all spoken languages LSM is also capable of showing a large number of words or expressing emotions. Here the articles of pronouns are generally finger spelt. Initially the education system in the country focused on speech and lip reading which is termed oralism.During this period there were a very few schools that conducted classes in Mexican Sign Language.