Manual communication systems use articulation of the hands (hand signs, gestures) to mediate a message between persons. Being expressed manually, they are received visually, and sometimes factually. Manual communication, when it is a primary form of communication, may be enhanced by body language and facial expressions and other forms of communication.
Manual communication is employed in systems that are codes for spoken languages and with natural languages, such as in sign languages.
Other, simple forms of manual communication have also been developed. They are neither natural languages nor even a code that can fully render one. They communicate with a very limited set of signals about an even smaller set of topics and have been developed for situations where speech is not practical or permitted, or secrecy is desired.
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