Far North Queensland Indigenous Sign Language
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far-north-queensland-indigenous-sign-language-237-17793527
title:
Far North Queensland Indigenous Sign Language
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Indigenous Sign Language (ISL) is an emerging contact language used by aboriginal deaf people in urban centers of Far North Queensland such as Cairns. With the decline of aboriginal oral and signed languages, an increase in communication between aboriginal communities and migration of people to the cities, aboriginal deaf people have developed ISL as a common contact language in preference to using the Auslan taught in schools, both due to the comfort of using the auxiliary sign language many of
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Deaf sign language of Australia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_North_Queensland_Indigenous_Sign_Language
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2022-12-19T17:37:20Z
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