An alternative sign language to speed learning sign language

In order to learn sign language, it takes between three months and three years. In many languages, the words and syntax are arbitrary. What if we could invent a new form of signing that anyone could learn in just ten minutes? 

Before mobile phones adopted QWERTY keyboards, this was the typical setup on phones and mobile devices:

This can be used to form an easy method to encode letters. The letter A is the first letter of the 2nd key. It can be represented by the code 2-1.  M is is on the R is the third letter on the 7th key, it can be coded as 7-3 and so on. 

The code for the word TEA will then be encoded as 8-1 3-2 2-1. Easy. But how can one sign this with hands? 

To sign numbers, one can sign with one hand by simply showing two successive numbers to represent a letter. 1 to 5 is easy. 6 can be represented by 1 finger with an upward motion to mean 1+5. 8 Would be represented by 3 fingers with a slight upward motion to mean 3+5. A space to start a new word is represented a horizontal motion of the hand. 

Anyone can learn this easy alternative to sign words in less than 10 minutes. Shorthand motion can be further developed with time to increase speed for frequent letters. In this way, a novice can communicate with a sign-native. 

Vegetative patients can communicate with this language. Although they may not be able to use their hands, they may use their eyes to blink the letters to form words other than blinking "YES" and "NO". A researched published in 2010 found that it is also possible to communicate with patience by monitoring their brain activity through an MRI scanner. 

For further reference on the MRI communication, click this link to this article published on The Guardian.