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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.
Auslan: British (Australian Sign Language) Ban Khor Sign Language: village (Plaa Pag is a dialect) Bhutanese Sign Language? Burmese sign language: ASL: may be two languages Cambodian Sign Language = mixed LSF, BSL, ASL, various dialects within: Chinese Sign Language: Chinese "中國手語" (ZGS) Enga Sign Language: village: PNG Esharani : isolate
At the high end of the scale [3] fingerspelling makes up about 8.7% of casual signing in ASL [2] and 10% of casual signing in Auslan. [4] The proportion is higher in older signers. Across the Tasman Sea only 2.5% of the corpus of New Zealand Sign Language was found to be fingerspelling. [5] Fingerspelling did not become a part of NZSL until the ...
The other cross of Lietuvēns is the pentagram, which symbolizes Venus in other cultures, suggesting that both signs might have originally been symbols of Auseklis. In more modern times, the pentagram is sometimes seen as a symbol of evil, however, originally both signs were used for protection from evil and are named after Lietuvēns because ...
BSL, Auslan and NZSL all have their roots in a Deaf sign language used in Britain during the 19th century. The three languages in question are related in their use of similar grammar, manual alphabet, and high degree of lexical overlap. American Sign Language and the BANZSL varieties are not part of the same language family. However, there is ...
A FBI document obtained by Wikileaks details the symbols and logos used by pedophiles to identify sexual preferences. According to the document members of pedophilic organizations use of ...
The second is a link to the article that details that symbol, using its Unicode standard name or common alias. (Holding the mouse pointer on the hyperlink will pop up a summary of the symbol's function.); The third gives symbols listed elsewhere in the table that are similar to it in meaning or appearance, or that may be confused with it;
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