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- proper noun The
sign language of the Australian deaf community.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Auslan Cramb, Telegraph: The North Pole has become an island for the first time in human history as climate change has made it possible to circumnavigate the Arctic ice cap.
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Most of my information comes from a PhD student at Sydney University who was a fluent but non-native signer of Auslan, working on the language for his thesis.
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Stuart Walker was found dead with 'horrible injuries' ENTERPRISE Auslan Cramb, Scottish Correspondent
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Auslan Cramb 2011
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Liz McColgan 'punched her husband and threw his clothes out of window' Anita Singh, and Auslan Cramb
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Multi-Media Response (MMR) enables Deaf people to communicate using their first language and preferred mode, Australian Sign Language or Auslan, through an interpreter to a hearing person.
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"The Deaf community is a diverse and cultural linguistic group to which we hope to offer freedom of expression and independence through Multi-Media Response using the communications strength of Auslan," Mr Gilliland said.
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What does he think of other signed languages used in English speaking countries like BSL and Auslan?
AllDeaf.com 2008
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It seems unfair they couldn't all communicate with each other with one language. omg there's an Irish Sign Language, Auslan and New Zealand Sign Language. and a Scottish Sign Language. also known as a 'fistfight.' omg there's an Irish Sign Language, Auslan and New Zealand Sign Language.
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What does he think of other signed languages used in English speaking countries like BSL and Auslan?
AllDeaf.com 2008
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Athlete Liz McColgan and her husband Peter McColgan Auslan Cramb
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Auslan Cramb 2011
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