How to sign the alphabet in British Sign Language (BSL) - Right handed - Signer point of view

How to sign the alphabet in British Sign Language (BSL) from the point of view of the signer. A right handed man shows you how to sign the alphabet.
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[@nikkimaxwell5506]

Your five fingers on your hand are your vowels so A, E, I, O, U

[@jjunieslove1290]

This totally changed my perspective and helped me thank you

[@darthsteevy3744]

why did i only realise that now!

[@kaitlinelliott4032]

Nikki Maxwell and s

[@monsterjazzlicks]

I only realised this fact after 90 minutes!

[@Greentim67]

Funny

[@LibbyLiveMusic]

wow this was so much easier to understand just from having it with this perspective!

[@TheKeyboardSlinger]

exactly agreed, when you don't look at it in this perspective it looks sort of different

[@Mariam-us7fb]

Yes, I had been trying to follow other videos but only managed to pick up a few letters, but here I was able to clearly see the signs for each letter!

[@BelJbraithwaite22]

This video is absolutely correct cause my brother is completely deaf and can't talk we have big books of sign language my mam and dad had no choice but to learn how to sign language

[@lucyfm7616]

I think this should be taught at schools, it only takes 20-30 minutes to learn and allows so many people wider communication possibilities where they would otherwise feel secluded.

[@lucyfm7616]

Also thank you so much for the video, it's extremely helpful :)

[@princessmoonwalker]

There was a British kid's show that taught BSL.

[@AnAverageSandwich]

literally!! Me and this girl who like were friendly with each other got put next to eachother in maths and we were both bored so she started teaching me the alphabet and i remember pretty much all of it (few odd letters i forgot) and she taught me in like the last twenty minutes of the lesson yesterday) her and her friend have learnt and also one of my friends knows it and we tried talking to each other in it and he was actually pretty good. Its so quick and easy to learn and imo should be an option for language gcse

[@sarahnnochiri4690]

it is taught in school

[@user-co2vl9wj3e]

It's so true it NEEDS to be taught in schools plus this vid was super helpful

[@racheld9548]

I thought ASL and BSL would be similar. Boy was I wrong

[@2pua3]

All sign languages are different, ASL is closest to FSL because that is where ASL originated.

[@cijmo]

I lived with a BSL teacher for two years and we couldn't come up with any actual signs that were the same.

[@adapple7518]

BSL and Auslang are basically the same with the alphabet.

[@br6nd6nrblx16]

I'm deaf sign language but in USA and in UK BSL

[@edwardwilliams2200]

Rachel D nzsl and bsl are practically the same

[@meishakoalabear6630]

since im bored in quarantine, i think im going to start learning bsl. i just want to be able to speak to a deaf person if i meet one. im drawing these out in my bullet journal, so this vid was very helpful! :)

[@LBelacquax]

I had the same idea! :)

[@chlo6004]

It’s the middle of the night 3 days before school and I’m learning the alphabet in BSL lol

[@lokikokesch9306]

Same here! I'm also learning German sign language with my mum, but as I speak English more than German, I'm also learning BSL, but on my own

[@abimboladokubo366]

Na my school wants me to learn it

[@gachalifeiguess475]

Im actually death so i am indeed learning sign language but i already know the alphabet but this is very helpfull for people who want to lean sign language

[@TheKeyboardSlinger]

i'm glad you put the camera to show your left and right perspective it was easier and quicker to learn the alphabet knowing where the hell to put your hands and fingers, cheers!:)

[@bethany6482]

Agreed! ☺

[@estevangoncales9417]

Off topic. What beautiful hands!

[@ingridlou5041]

Wow this is so much easier than i thought! After watching about 5 times and going over K 20+ times lol i know it perfectly! Good, thankyou!

[@brandonlane8040]

I'm fighting through a drug addiction and have to say learning sign language from KZbin video's is doing wonders.

[@brandonlane8040]

So is pointlessly commenting on KZbin video's fuck me

[@4manflawlessround426]

im proud of you dude

[@glvsscup8196]

i think "k" is confusing

[@whytishyow4252]

same...

[@jcolrein06]

It really isn't once you know it XD

[@natashaanstee7064]

I think of it like the left hand is like the straight line in the K and the right hand is the curved/bent bit :D

[@cherishhudson1966]

Yep

[@shadowgirl8819]

Ya, this is three years later I like to find comments that r 1 or more years ago and comment on them, don’t worry u r not the only one, I have done this to lots of other people so congratulations ur one of them😂😂😂😂

[@katherinejohnson2728]

I'm ans ASL (American Sign Language) student here in the states and I have to say it's really interesting seeing other countries versions of sign language... Maybe British sign language will be the next thing to learn. :)

[@smallcutecatpurring7546]

Now I need to learn American

[@cognoscerejano7321]

Indeed. I'm from Brazil and I thinked that BSL is much more visually expressive than LIBRAS (Brazilian Sign Language).

[@Legend.777]

Irish sign language is very similar to asl

[@bonjourmarlene]

@@Legend.777wow there's irish too? i would've assumed that one would be really similar to BSL 🫠

[@Legend.777]

@@bonjourmarlene nah, we got our Independence from Britain we dont want anything similar to them

[@TheHarshita1997]

Oh, I now realise why the vowels are counted on fingers!

[@evelynfoster7081]

I love BSL just because I love comparing it to ASL and seeing what's similar and how different the two are. Both are beautiful languages I love.

[@cicimelody9422]

I used to know the elphabet in sign language when I was a toddler, but throughout the years I’ve forgotten ALL of it. I looked at this video now at age 11 and it brings back loads of memories so thank you so much 😊

[@AmalYahia-kl1sn]

Omg me too!!!

[@jakeball2361]

Wow. BSL is way different than ASL. I am fluent in ASL, 13 years old and hard of hearing .

[@deathman1687]

The ASL alphabet is way easier for me. I am fully capable of hearing (slightly going away because I love to play instruments) and I am 15 and I was able to learn the ASL alphabet in less than five minutes.

[@neilhalliday9721]

me too

[@Foster_The_Wild]

I kind of agree. Plus ASL you can do 1 handed.

[@justanotheruser2611]

Flabbymeat same, in my opinion, asl is easier for me well, maybe that’s because I’m from the us lol

[@brother318]

Same i am hard of hearing and fluent in asl

[@lauz8004]

This is very helpful since I've been trying to learn it from pictures not knowing which perspective it was from and the picture was the wrong way round! Watching the video makes it much easier

[@barbstamblyn6024]

Wow, this is much better from the signers point of view as I was getting muddled the other way watching someone, thank you.

[@maxp3t]

I don't see alot from the signer's perspective, this really helped alot. Thanks!

[@lily-xj3hv]

I'm having a go at sign language after being inspired by Sophie Stone in Doctor Who so this is really useful

[@shadowgirl8819]

Lily Foley ahh so u watch doctor who, tell me about the new one, do u like it. Everyone thought that it was going to be ruined because the doctor was going to be a women but I find it really good but not as good as David Tennet (I don’t know how to spell his last name, I know stupid) when he was the doctor

[@danisnottheman6540]

@@shadowgirl8819 peter capaldis later seasons are really very good, jodi whitaker is ok but id say her variation perhaps isnt as intresting as the others

[@shadowgirl8819]

The hell, I did not write or post that

[@summer-rz9wc]

I use this to communicate with my friends in art because we aren't allowed to talk, but she never said we couldn't sign

[@Instrument1069]

I’m writing a book about someone who has to use bsl to communicate. This helped so much!!

[@coldwoman7311]

Yay now I've learnt the british and the american alphabet in sign language in less than an hour!😀😊

[@natalie-in9fo]

H.o.w i.s t.h.a.t p.o.s.s.i.b.l.e

[@1kchallenge65]

Impressive!!!

[@alicel4994]

impressive! took me about an hour just to learn this... yet i write down the hand movement instead of drawing... im very impressed.

[@ComedyGlor]

*- Natalie sygrela kitty -* she said ALPHABET btw not the whole language 😂

[@ComedyGlor]

Reborn Mum It took me a few mins, it’s a lot easier when someone teaches u in person I guess

[@amberjago6006]

Haha, on of my friends randomly taught it to me in primary school, just because they'd watched da video or something, and then it went round the whole school and everyone was signing thing using the whole alphabet. I've never forgotten it since.

[@HighTen_Melanie]

Wow this is the best video I’ve seen on here. The camera angle makes it easy to see properly. Much appreciated thanks! ✋🤚

[@azraali7362]

Wow the way you did it so slow I can now do 'k' without getting muddled up since the majority of the comments are saying k is confusing so thanks!!!

[@kalenzypie]

K is tricky! Wow the letters really are different btwn bsl and asl tho i see the similarity in M and N. Thank you for this perspective!

[@Beebadoodoo]

omg this is so helpful!! i went through starting from slow motion on playback speed to make sure there are no imperfections, then i sped it up each time when i got the hang of it and now i can memorise most of them.

[@8gemini6]

Amazing and so easy to learn I’ve learnt it all in literally 5-10mins

[@phoebestorm9767]

Thankyou so much being trying to learn bsl so I could sign to a girl in my dance, having it in this point of view really helps

[@electricisnotonfire_4078]

Phoebe Storm that is so sweet, I’m learning for my deaf uncle

[@shadowgirl8819]

I am learning in case I go even more deaf than I am or I lose my hearing aids so my mum, she doing it for the same reason as me

[@bethany6482]

Aww that is so sweet. You're very kind. ❤

[@noorah2915]

took me under 10 minutes to learn this thank you.

[@user-dw1pc4nu2b]

TYSM , I'm new for BSL and you make it easier to get and understand it .

[@CommandingHands]

Good luck on your signing journey! ✋

[@louhillen8254]

Just started a BSL course at Evening College - thank you for making my homework easier!

[@icturner23]

It’s interesting to see the minor differences between what you do and me. I don’t know whether I do it wrong or they are irrelevant details that aren’t specified. C/D: I have all the fingers parallel with the index finger, not curling down behind it. K: I have my first two knuckles straighter. Q: I make the tail over the join of the fingers. T: I line up with the middle of the palm rather than the wrist. X: I have the right index finger behind the left one, like for W. Y: I don’t have a downward movement. I also have different ‘tightness’ in letters like L, M, N and S. I learnt the alphabet by myself as a young teenager over thirty years ago, when also Z was a crazy thing with the whole arm and the other hand under the elbow, so I just got into set habits.

[@racheleachus8308]

K is confusing 😂

[@katherinejohns9974]

are you a pro at k now ? three years on ;)

[@deeedsworld]

@@katherinejohns9974 I would like to know too lol

[@carriejones2827]

I guess we’ll never know if they mastered it

[@Mariam-us7fb]

@@katherinejohns9974 I'm curious as well 😂

[@glitteristheanswer]

Wow it's so much easier to understand from the signers perspective!

[@imnalisha]

This perspective is so helpful, thank you!

[@PeachPawfectDogTraining]

Thank you so much for this! Being in the service dog community, I’m going to come across some deaf people and just being able to spell words is handy to know

[@l.l7846]

I seen a video on KZbin around 15 mins ago about a ‘deaf man vs drive thru’ and he was showing how hard it can be, this made me find this video so I can start learning bsl and I am so proud how quickly I am able to have learnt the alphabet from this video!

[@nicolemenzies8438]

I am 39 years old and when I was 16 I used to volunteer with the blind and deaf. One day a deaf blind woman taught me this kind of sign language and I've never forgotten it, but I never knew what it was called untill now.

[@victoriaodey8623]

Dear blind woman?

[@anya11711]

This is by far the most helpful bsl alphabet video I've seen

[@mizzcrazygal]

omg i remember learning this in 2013, i forgot a few ltters but im so shocked on how much i remembered WOOOOW

[@zanzi005]

Oh man I wish more sign language videos were from this perspective. Thanks!

[@Brexit-CB]

This really helped for my school work😂

[@sarahwestvalstar7624]

So useful from this point of view

[@katescarborough4348]

I started to learn ASL before I realized British Sign exists (I'm British) and this is actually really helpful.

[@katiedalton7549]

You are the best teacher 😀🙌❤️. Am doing the signs very fast🙌❤️🙌❤️🙌❤️🙌🙏. Thank You So Very Much🙏🙏

[@Yabadabadoo16]

Thank you, I'm in Ireland but we use BSL

[@overdrivegaming6663]

Is very very interesting

[@randomdude9398]

im doing this for two reasons, 1 just cuz I think it might be fun to learn sign language and 2 because I might want to talk to a deaf person and know a few basic phrases or at leat be able to spell out words!

[@laurenryan1412]

I have learnt sign language since I was in year 7 and im now in college and I still learn it.

[@nikkimaxwell5506]

This has helped me a lot thx

[@mariea6128]

Thanks you so much for making it the signers point of view.

[@mads202]

i learnt this within an hour so now i think im going to move onto asl fingerspelling

[@C0rv1d_Shap3d_ShAd0W]

It's good I found this cuz I'm doing some sign language at school

[@carloson9830]

Thanks for BSL

[@cara3455]

To all confused about k. First, point both of your index fingers. With your dominant hand, bend your index finger, and place the MIDDLE section (every finger has three sections) against the middle of the index finger on your OTHER hand. Hope this helps!!

[@bethany6482]

Thank you very much, it helped a lot 😄

[@Jackol83]

Really easy to pick up from this perspective

[@NenaMataHari]

Wow! That is so wild! =) Way different from ASL. I would love to be able to do both ASL and BSL.

[@mealswithbarakah4032]

Just learnt the alphabet (BSL) from you THANK U

[@cherishhudson1966]

I'm English and also we do sign language so that help. I now how to spell my name now

[@chloer6918]

Took me a couple of minutes but I've learnt the letters to spell my name. Hopefully I'll be able to figure the rest out soon

[@sharonellitson4231]

I learnt the alphabet at primary school and still remember it today .

[@elliemoore8630]

This actually helped I managed to get the hang if it after watching the video about 4 times

[@KamataKun100]

Great I can sign but always have difficulty with the alphabet so I'm gonna watch it over and over so it's drilled in to my head

[@mia-yt7ck]

I have trouble with other things but the alphabet

[@margaretwolferman2722]

lee wightman I'm opposite. I can't sign my name. And I know my letters forwards, backwards(literally), the ASL...You'll get it. It might take longer than others, but you'll get out

[@willdell4552]

Really helpful from this point of view. Thanks!

[@maisiesvideosyeahh]

Well done I am British so thx so much

[@-OChixxx-]

This is so helpful , thank you so much !❤

[@TemporarilyInactive]

Your fingers and thumb are used for the vowels. A, E, I, O, U. Makes it easier to remember I think :)

[@dheph8990]

This camera angle is so helpful. Would it be possible for any other videos to be shown from this angle?

[@sunnafae.1886]

Thank you so much! I learned it in 5 minutes!!

[@charlieheinrich351]

For k curve your right hand pointer finger and place it in the middle of your left hand pointer finger, that's just a simple way of putting it.

[@zenzenzen3590]

Very helpful, thank you.

[@alexisnotonfire599]

Thanks! I know how to do BSL alphabet now!

[@hantasero2512]

My father and mother are both deaf. I do not see them much due to the pandemic but I have never been able to have a proper conversation with them. When I was younger I have a sign language teacher but that did not really help. Thank you.

[@kamauerror2157]

Thank you 🙂🙂

[@randim_ravenclaw]

I should probably learn ASL but I think bsl would be cooler to learn also I wanna relearn sign language so this was helpful

[@amyburnett8644]

just realised i’ve been doing y and z the wrong way round for like 5 years 😬🤣

[@miniwolf4044]

This is amazing, thank you for doing this!

[@kokichiouma3784]

I'm starting to learn bsl for my cousin because he's a mute autistic ❤️

[@miss__marvel]

Learnt this from watching once tysm

[@mariarosariamancuso6815]

Very good! Thank you for this video!

[@freya-qm3xy]

Thank you, this was very helpful

[@danikas3044]

that was great now i know my alphabet in sign language

[@ih3artgrac3]

thank you this helped alot

[@gloriamcinerney7383]

Thanks I know it now, this is great

[@sadiegoff7995]

Thank you, this was much easier for me to understand and learn from than some other videos.

[@asil4521]

Thank you! It's so much easier to understand from the signer's point of view

[@Creative_Cockatiels]

I had no idea that British sign language and Australian Sign language had the same alphabet, I guess it makes sense though. Also makes it easier to learn

[@raemarphilippe9733]

Very informative

[@yourmomsgfx]

very helpful!! thank you!!

[@kamilabuzalska1698]

And brillant actions👍👍

[@thatkingbean]

Thank you for this!

[@hjahehwn5103]

Thank you!

[@caitlinhill5179]

now i know my abcs (in sign language)

[@zoobzie9362]

I know NZSL (new Zealand sign language) the alphabet was literally the exact same. 'y' was slightly different...but omg

[@SpaceAlien88]

Thanks

[@rachelhawkins6737]

much different than ASL, wow and two hands to sign the alphabet

[@lesny.nietoperek]

W has to be my favourite

[@ammie1813]

For some strange reason (don't ask why) I'm British and I know ASL and honestly the ASL alphabet is so much easier I'm struggling to do the K sign for BSL xD

[@rachel2039]

There is different variations for K, also S

[@ParleavecFlorence]

Thank you so much! I find other videos really hard to follow as I loose track of hat I am supposed to see. I am ambidextrous so I struggle with the dominant hand thing, but this really helped!