Auslan

Sign language of the Australian deaf community

Languagesign language modern languageQ29525

Also known as Australian Sign Language

Speakers: 10,100(2016)
Subclass of: BANZSL
Indigenous to: New South Wales

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Auslan 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. As with other sign languages, Auslan's grammar and vocabulary is quite different from spoken English. Its origin cannot be attributed to any individual; rather, it is a natural language that emerged spontaneously and has changed over time.

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Country: Australia
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1.“ScriptSource - Australia”scriptsource.org/country/AURetrieved 2023-08-21
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Ethnologue language status: 5 Developing
Different from: Australian Aboriginal sign languages
Has part(s) of the class: two-handed manual alphabet
Located in: New South Wales

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19 identifiers linking Auslan across the web's reference databases

-30.0000, 145.0000OpenStreetMap ↗

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