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Pupils in a traditional classroom situation signal to their teacher that they want to be heard
Successful communication between people of different cultures
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 tactually (see tactile signing). Manual communication, when it is a primary form of communication, may be enhanced by body language and facial expressions and other forms of communication.
Other, simpler 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.
On roads, between vehicle drivers, by other road users such as bicycle and horse riders to signals stops and turns, and by pedestrians to flag a passing taxi or bus
Gangsters in the Americas use gang signals to signify their allegiance to gangs, and local gang branches.
In sports fandom (especially in the collegiate level), many universities use hand symbols to show communicative support.
Chinese number gestures are a method of using one hand to signify the natural numbers one through ten.