Auslan

English

Etymology

A portmanteau of “Australian sign language”, coined by Trevor Johnston in the early 1980s, although the language itself is much older.

Proper noun

Auslan

1. The sign language of the Australian deaf community.

Translations

sign language of the Australian deaf community

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 澳大利亞手語 (cmn), 澳大利亚手语 (cmn) (Aòdàlìyà shǒuyǔ)

• Finnish: auslan (fi), australialainen (fi) viittomakieli (fi)
• French: langue des signes australienne (fr) f

• German: australische Gebärdensprache (de) f
• Japanese: オーストラリア手話 (ja) (Ōsutoraria shuwa)
• Russian: австралийский язык жестов (ru) (avstralíjskij jazýk žéstov) m

Synonyms

• Australian Sign Language

See also

• ASL
• BSL
• NZSL

Anagrams

• lauans