International Sign

Gestuno continues as a shortcut from Gesture (English gesture, gesture ) and UNO (United Nations Organization) together.

Gestuno (also known as International Sign, International Sign Language or International Sign Talk) is a part of the name that has given the World Federation of the Deaf language, apply the deaf people in international meetings, and beyond the title of a book with a collection of about 1500 signs vocabulary that have been compiled by the Commission for the Standardization of the Sign Language of the World Federation of the Deaf. The language is stirring from the fact that deaf partners can easily communicate using sign language in international meetings. The recorded in the Book of gestures have been defined at multiple meetings since 1924 and recently expanded in some academic conferences, such as Deaf History International and Deaflympics.

Many grammatical features are all sign languages ​​of deaf people in common and integrated into Gestuno, eg the pronominal space references (see also: locative ), repetitive motion for the plural of nouns and for various aspects of verbs (Duration (duration), iteration, etc.) and the use of classifier hand shapes.

Gestuno can not be considered as a planned language, since the language has evolved in numerous meetings for more than a century.