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Auslan
Auslan
is the
sign language
of the
Australian Deaf community
. The term
Auslan
is an
acronym
of "
Au
stralian
S
ign
Lan
guage", coined by Trevor Johnston in the early 1980s, although the
language
itself is much older. 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 has also been influenced by
Irish Sign Language
(ISL) and more recently has borrowed signs from
American Sign Language
(ASL).
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