PW HAND LANGUAGE
(For Training Use Only)
Communicating Numbers
To send the number 8:
Send the first 5 numbers with the tips of your fingers pointing skyward. To
add 3 to the first 5, rotate your hand to orient your fingers horizontally. This
tells the receiver it is the second set of numbers to be added to the first set.
To illustrate the number 20:
The first 5 numbers are sent with fingers pointing up. The next 3 sets of 5
are sent with fingers horizontal rather than vertical.
Numbers are sent by waving fingers (using only
one hand at a time) as follows.
FIRST: Tap down the A-F-L-Q-V column to the row of the
desired letter.
SECOND: Tap across the row to the desired letter. Use the letter C
in place of K.
An aid to easily remembering the tap code is to memorize the
A-F-L-Q-V column. For example, when receiving the
letter “D,” you should hear “A” with the first set of taps, and hear
across the “A” row (A-B-C-D) to get the letter ”D.”
THE TAP CODE CAN BE USED ORALLY, VISUALLY, OR BY TOUCH. IT
CAN BE USED BY SWEEPING WITH A BROOM, CHOPPING WOOD,
WHISTLING, PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, AND SO ON.
REMEMBER A-F-L-Q-V
Numbers are sent by a slow tapping until the number desired
is reached.
Example: 36 is
Longer pauses must be used.
Zero is sent as the letter "O"
FIRST
A B
C
D E
F G H I J
L M N O P
Q R S T U
V W X Y Z
SECOND
K
P W T A P C O D E
