Bhutanese Hand Alphabet and Dzongkha Hand Alphabet (Seljay Sumchu- གསལ་བྱེད་ ༣༠)
We have Bhutanese Hand Alphabet and Dzongkha Hand Alphabet- གསལ་བྱེད་ ༣༠. Hand alphabet is a system of representing letters of the written alphabet or གསལ་བྱེད་ ༣༠ using fingers and hands. While the Bhutanese Hand Alphabet is adapted with some modifications, such as a sign for the letter “T”, the Dzongkha Hand Alphabet has been developed at the Institute, considering the need for Dzongkha literacy for Deaf students. Although the alphabet is for literacy purposes, it has also become a part of Bhutanese Sign Language (BhSL) communication for fingerspelling words that do not have signs. Bhutanese Hand Alphabet / གསལ་བྱེད་ ༣༠ are commonly used in the institute as well as out of the institute, especially by the literate deaf. However, the Dzongkha Hand Alphabet is used only for Dzongkha literacy purposes.