This is an invented gestural phonemic alphabet, which provides an extensible mapping of single-hand shapes and movements onto phonemes used in human natural or invented languages. Consonants are represented by static gestures, while vowels occur in movements between these stops. Using (and extending) this gpa allows us to represent spoken languages in gesture. consonants (22+1)   flat hand tent flat hand with thumb dent v hand should v hand with thumb je d hand [vowel carrier] closed hand place closed hand with thumb bed one finger extended marry one finger extended with thumb nothing two fingers extended something two fingers extended with thumb zebra fox hand fellow fox hand with thumb very Vulcan hand kick Vulcan hand with thumb get buddha mudra hand thick, with buddha mudra hand with thumb though triangle hand (thumb to S, duck forward) real hand spread liquid round hand (thumb to 4 round fingers) were crooked finger him y hand (pinky and thumb out) yellow k hand (v hand with thumb between index/middle) end sound of barukh (hebrew) vowels (11)   rotation right sweet rotation left cow pull right never pull back at 180-deg orientation change boot 90-deg orientation change kiss L move dog flip down no flip to front good turn right bed distance indraw up