Chilean manual alphabet

Last updated November 04, 2025

The Chilean manual alphabet is used by the Chilean deaf community to sign Spanish words and is incorporated into Chilean Sign Language. It is a one-handed alphabet and very similar to the American manual alphabet, as well as the French, Brazilian and Spanish ones.^[1]

References

↑ Herrera, Valeria; Puente Ferreras, Aníbal; Alvarado Izquierdo, Jesús M. (2009). "The Situation of Deaf Education in Chile". In Moores, Donald F.; Miller, Margery S. (eds.). Deaf people around the world: educational and social perspectives. Washington, D.C: Gallaudet University Press. ISBN 9781563684104.

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[1] Herrera, Valeria; Puente Ferreras, Aníbal; Alvarado Izquierdo, Jesús M. (2009). "The Situation of Deaf Education in Chile". In Moores, Donald F.; Miller, Margery S. (eds.). Deaf people around the world: educational and social perspectives. Washington, D.C: Gallaudet University Press. ISBN 9781563684104.

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Alphabets	American Catalan Chilean Esperanto French Hungarian Irish Japanese Korean Nepali Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish Ukrainian Yugoslav
Types	Two-handed