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[deird1]

So, I knew that ASL had a different alphabet to Auslan. (Our alphabet is two-handed; ASL is one-handed.)

What I hadn't realised until today was that they have different numbers as well.

I looked up the ASL alphabet today, and found this:




As an Auslan person, that bottom row looks to me like:
0, 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 3 ...followed by words I don't know.


No larger point. I just find it interesting that counting can be so different in different countries.

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[beer_good_foamy]

Wait, the alphabet is two-handed? Huh. I barely know the basics of Swedish sign language, let alone any others, but I sort of took for granted that the alphabet is usually one-handed. Of course, with two hands you don't have to make up quite as many different shapes so it makes perfect sense, but still... huh.

Of course, the Swedish alphabet has to incorporate hand movements to get the umlauts in there:

[angelikitten]

I think the Auslan alphabet is similar to the BSL one, which you can see here (I think it defaults to right-handed, but you can do it left handed too).

I hadn't even thought about how letters with different accents would be signed before.

[deird1]

It looks the same to me, yes.

[deird1]

Cool! I like how the umlauts are done.

I find two-handed much easier. I've never really been able to manage the ASL alphabet, because all the hand shapes are so similar. Whereas the letters in Auslan are much more distinct.