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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) Ban Khor Sign Language: village (Plaa Pag is a dialect) ... Baby Sign – using signs to assist early language development in young children.
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 .
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 ...
Pages in category "Australian Aboriginal Sign Language family" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
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.