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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.
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 Sign Language, also known as Auslan, is the primary signed language for deaf Australians. [citation needed] It is hard to tell how many signing deaf people are in Australia as much information is unavailable, and what information is available is largely out of date.
The Australian sign language Auslan was used at home by 16,242 people at the time of the 2021 census. [33] Over 2,000 people used other sign languages at home in 2021. There is a small community of people who use Australian Irish Sign Language. [34] [35]
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 ...
BSL (sign attested from 1644 may not be BSL), with approximately 151,000 users [4]. 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]
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 .
Indigenous Sign Language and Culture; the interpreting and access needs of Deaf people who are of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in Far North Queensland. Sponsored by ASLIA, the Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association. Padden, Carol; & Humphries, Tom. (1988). Deaf in America: Voices from a culture. Cambridge, Massachusetts ...