Australia
From AASL
| Name of the country/area | Australia |
|---|---|
| Formal name of the country/area | Australia |
| Country/area information | The World Factbook(CIA) |
| Wikipedia(English) |
Indigenous signs for "Australia"
Illustrations in the literature
"Australia" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 12.)
Spoken languages
English
Sign languages
Australian Aborigines Sign Language
Related sign languages:
Population of Deaf/deaf people
Legal status of sign languages
Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf
Deaf Australia (WFD member, cited from WFD website)
Australian Association of the Deaf
(WFD member, data in 2002, cited from "Signs of country names" (Japanese edition, Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies ed. 2002. Tokyo: Japanese Federation of the Deaf))
Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies
Education for the deaf
Deaf communities and cultures
Religious activities by the Deaf
Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages
Sign language dictionaries
Walpiri Sign Language
Wright, Cheryl D. 1980. Walpiri hand talk: an illustrated dictionary of hand signs used by the Walpiri people of central Australia. Darwin, NT: Northern Territory Department of Education.
Bibliography
Roth, Walter E. 1978. The expression of ideas by manual signs: a sign-language. In: Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia. v.2. New York. Plenum Press. 273-301.
Aranda Sign Language
Strehlow, Carl. 1978. The sign language of the Aranda. In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia. v.2. New York. Plenum Press. 349-370
Jaralde Sign Language
Berndt, R.M. 1940. Notes on the sign-language of the Jaralde tribe of the Lower River Murray, South Australia. In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia.v.2. New York: Plenum Press. 397-402.
Manjiljarra Sign Language
Quek, Joan. Summer 1991. Occasions for sign use in an Australian Aborigine community. In: Sign Language Studies 71. 143-160.
Murngin Sign Language
Warner, W. Lloyd. 1978. Murngin Sign Language. In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia. v.2. New York: Plenum Press. 389-392.
Ngada Sign Language
Mountford, C.P. 1978. Gesture language of the Ngada tribe of the Warburton Ranges, Western Australia. In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia. v.2. New York: Plenum Press, 393-396.
Torres Straits Islander Sign Language
Haddon, Alfred C. 1907. The gesture language of the Eastern Islanders. In: Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits. Cambridge, England: The University Press, v.3.
Researchers
History of sign language research
Events
Links
Notes
| Oceania (general) | Oceania (general) |
|---|---|
| Continent | Australia |
| Polynesia | Kiribati | New Zealand | Samoa | Tonga | Tuvalu |
| Micronesia | Federated States of Micronesia | Marshall Islands | Nauru | Palau |
| Melanesia | Fiji | Papua New Guinea | Solomon Islands | Vanuatu |
| Areas and others |
