Auslan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The sign language of the Australian deaf community.

Word forms

Auslan

Etymology

Blend of Australian + sign + language, coined by Trevor Johnston in the early 1980s, although the language itself is much older.

Related words

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