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    Irish Sign Language (ISL, Irish: Teanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann) is the sign language of Ireland, used primarily in the Republic of Ireland. It is...
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  • Australian Irish Sign Language or AISL is a minority sign language in Australia. As a Francosign language, it is related to French Sign Language as opposed...
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    Irish Australians (Irish: Gael-Astrálaigh) are ‌‍‍‍‍residents of Australia who are either fully or partially of Irish descent. Irish immigrants and their...
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  • widely-spoken Indigenous languages. Other distinctively Australian languages include the Australian sign language Auslan, Indigenous sign languages, and Norf'k-Pitcairn...
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  • of Australian Sign Language) is the sign language used by the majority of the Australian Deaf community. Auslan is related to British Sign Language (BSL)...
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    British Sign Language (BSL) is a sign language used in the United Kingdom and is the first or preferred language among the deaf community in the UK. While...
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  • are significant sign languages developed for the hearing as well, such as the speech-taboo languages used by some Aboriginal Australian peoples. Scholars...
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  • languages (described 1086) "Southwest European" Sign Languages Proto-Spanish Spanish Sign Language (dictionary 1851) Venezuelan Sign Language Irish Australian...
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    British, Australian and New Zealand Sign Language (BANZSL, /ˈbænzəl/), or the British Sign Language (BSL) family, is a language family or grouping encompassing...
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    French Sign Language, Italian Sign Language, Quebec Sign Language (LSQ), American Sign Language, Irish Sign Language, Russian Sign Language, Dutch Sign Language...
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    American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone...
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    Sign Language has its roots in British Sign Language (BSL), and may be technically considered a dialect of British, Australian and New Zealand Sign Language...
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    (1960–1974) Modern design since 1974 In Ireland, the yield sign reads yield in most areas, although in Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) areas the text is géill slí...
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    attracting English- and Irish-speakers alike. There is also an Irish language instructor, appointed every year by the Ireland Canada University Foundation...
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    Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic (/ˈɡeɪlɪk/ GAY-lik), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family...
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    only the Irish language is used on signs. Only regulatory signs and certain road markings are prescribed in law under the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations...
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    status of the Irish language has remained high in the Republic of Ireland from foundation. This reflects the dominance of the language in Irish cultural and...
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  • Island Language (Norf'k) Act 2004 passed by the island's legislative assembly. In 2018, Eve Semple and colleagues received a grant from the Australian Research...
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    and Australian Irish Sign Language with about 100 speakers. It is believed that there were between 200 and 300 Australian Aboriginal languages at the...
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  • South Australian English is the variety of English spoken in the Australian state of South Australia. As with the other regional varieties within Australian...
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  • 2020. "Irish Sign Language given official legal recognition". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 January 2018. "President signs Irish Sign Language bill into...
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    Sign Language (PISL), also known as Hand Talk, Plains Sign Talk, Plains Sign Language, or First Nation Sign Language, is an endangered sign language common...
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  • In the United States, the term "Black Irish" was initially used in the 19th century to derogatorily describe Irish refugees of the Great Famine. It later...
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  • also be given. Road signs in Ireland are bilingual, using Irish and English. Wales similarly uses bilingual Welsh–English signs, while some parts of...
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    region. Other non-American countries using road signs similar to the MUTCD include Australia, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Thailand...
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    as in American Sign Language, French Sign Language and Irish Sign Language, or it can be two-handed such as in British Sign Language. Fingerspelling...
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  • grammar and syntax of oral languages in a gestural-visual form—that is, signed versions of oral languages. Unlike the sign languages that have evolved naturally...
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  • in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, and one-handed systems are used in North America (see ASL alphabet), Ireland (see Irish Sign Language), Singapore...
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    Australian English (AusE, AusEng, AuE, AuEng, en-AU) is the set of varieties of the English language native to Australia. It is the country's common language...
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    second language. The New Zealand English dialect is most similar to Australian English in pronunciation, with some key differences. The Māori language of...
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