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Sigma KEE - AustralianSignLanguage
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australian sign language
AustralianSignLanguage
is a
DeafSignLanguage
of
Australia
. SIL code: ASF. ISO 639-2: sgn. Population: 14,000 users possibly (1991 Hyde and Power). Alternate names: AUSLAN. Comments: Related to British Sign Language, with influences also from Irish and American sign languages. Australian Signed English is different. It is a manual system for English spelling, used by hearing people for communication with the deaf. It is used in teaching the deaf, and officially so in New South Wales. The earliest schools for the deaf were established by British deaf immigrants in 1860. Many agencies for the deaf. Some signed interpretation in court, for college students, at important public events. There is sign language instruction for parents of deaf children. There is a committee on national sign language. Dictionary. Grammar. Films, TV, videos.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
Relationships
Instances
content bearing physical
Any
Object
or
Process
that expresses content. This covers
Object
s that contain a
Proposition
, such as a book, as well as
Man
ualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a
Proposition
.
deaf sign language
A
DeafSignLanguage
is a
ManualHumanLanguage
primarily intended for communication between a deaf individual and a hearing individual or between deaf individuals.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
entity
The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
human language
The
subclass
of
Language
s used by
Human
s.
language
A system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
linguistic expression
This is the subclass of
ContentBearingPhysical
which are language-related. Note that this
Class
encompasses both
Language
and the the elements of
Language
s, e.g.
Word
s.
manual human language
A
ManualHumanLanguage
is a
HumanLanguage
which has as its medium gestures and movement, such as the shape, position, and movement of the hands.
physical
An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
Belongs to Class
entity
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