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Auslan (/ ˈ ɒ z l æ n /; an abbreviation of Australian Sign Language) is the sign language used by the majority of the Australian Deaf community.Auslan is related to British Sign Language (BSL) and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL); the three have descended from the same parent language, and together comprise the BANZSL language family.
Trevor Johnston FAHA is an Australian expert on Auslan.. Johnston received his PhD from the University of Sydney in 1989 for his work on Auslan. [1] Johnston was responsible for coining the term Auslan, [2] and created the first Auslan dictionary, which was also one of the first sign language dictionaries that sequenced signs throughout according to principles that were language internal ...
Many Australian Aboriginal cultures have or traditionally had a manually coded language, a signed counterpart of their oral language. This appears to be connected with various speech taboos between certain kin or at particular times, such as during a mourning period for women or during initiation ceremonies for men, as was also the case with Caucasian Sign Language but not Plains Indian Sign ...
Australian SL (1860. ASL and ISL influences), with approximately 10 000 users [5] Papua New Guinea Sign Language (c. 1990), which is a creole formed with Auslan, used by 30,000 people [6] New Zealand SL (1800s), used by approximately 20,000 people [7] Northern Ireland SL (19th century - with American Sign Language and Irish Sign Language ...
Warlpiri Sign Language, also known as Rdaka-rdaka (lit. hand signs), [1] is a sign language used by the Warlpiri, an Aboriginal community in the central desert region of Australia. It is one of the most elaborate, and certainly the most studied, of all Australian Aboriginal sign languages .
Amanda Laugesen, chief editor of the Australian National Dictionary, through the Australian National University (ANU) tells CNN Travel many Aussie expressions have roots in British English, but ...
The deaf community in Australia is a diverse cultural and linguistic minority group. Deaf communities have many distinctive cultural characteristics, some of which are shared across many different countries. These characteristics include language, values and behaviours. The Australian deaf community relies primarily on Australian Sign Language ...
Yolŋu (Yolngu) or Penguin Sign Language is a ritual sign language used by the Yolngu, an Aboriginal community in the Arnhem Land region of Australia.As with other Australian Aboriginal sign languages, YSL was developed by the hearing for use when oral speech is forbidden, as during mourning or between certain family relations.