for language names in Persian. The sign for Esharani itself is derived from the combination of the signs for "Iran" and "sign", where the non-dominant hand is in the five handshape and the dominant hand moves in a spiral motion with the thumb out over the palm of the non-dominant hand. However the acceptability of the name is still under discussion among the deaf communities in Iran. See also Qahveh Khaneh Sign Language References Scholarly literature External links About.com: Deaf Community - Iran Linguistic Research and Zaban Eshareh Irani - video by Behmanesh, Guity, and Novak in Esharani Sign languages Languages of Iran Sign languages of Iran