fringsters, did you know you can now learn the South African Sign Language Alphabet using your mobile phone?

South Africa has more than 1.5 million deaf citizens, in the USA the number is closer to 9 million and in the UK it’s around 8.9 million. Thats almost 20 million people in only 3 countries.

With such a high number of deaf people globaly surely there should be an easy way to learn Sign Language to help narrow the gap in communication between the hearing and the deaf.

The newly launched range of HandSign mobi guides aims to close the gap by helping hearing folks learn the most basic of alphabet signs so that they can then communicate with the Deaf.

The first 3 guides in the range are:

1. South African Sign Language (Live in Ovi)
2. American Sign Language (Coming soon)
3. Canadian Sign Language (Coming soon) (Live in Ovi)

You can download these premium guides and more via the Nokia Ovi Store. Why not take a few minutes every day to learn the sign language alphabet in your country so you can spread the love and communicate with a deaf friend in your area.