Attempting to create a universal glyph-based language for human beings in the digital age is a noble endeavor. But unfortunately, the entity behind our semi-ubiquitious emoji system, Unicode ...

Two activists want the Unicode Consortium to add the American Sign Language handshape for "I love you" to Unicode 9.

Sign language is a great skill to learn, and we're here to teach you all the basics. Signing the alphabet is really simple, but with practice, it'll let you sign anything!

Emoji are already butting their heads with traditional words, but could they take over completely? Linguist Neil Cohn casts his expert eye over the pictures taking the world by storm.

WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE! I second that emoji, sometimes October 7, 2019 at 1:36 a.m.

When Erin Cook began teaching her kindergarten students sign language, it was primarily to assist learning the alphabet. But then she saw the benefits, and it snowballed into something more. Now, h… ...

British Sign Language (BSL) has a slightly different alphabet for left and right handed people, but the American Sign Language only has a one-handed set.

By showing Chinese characters side by side with emoji, the Hanmoji Handbook introduces a fun way to learn to read Chinese.

You might wonder why there's a need for a sign language keyboard when deaf users can still type with the regular alphabet. One way to think of it is to imagine that English isn't your native language.

Will emoji will ride their cultural appeal long enough to become a discrete, complete means of communication?