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deird1 ([personal profile] deird1) wrote2016-01-09 08:38 am
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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.

[personal profile] a2zmom 2016-01-08 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
That is fascinating. I was well aware that the alphabet was very different between different signing systems but I had no idea the numbers would be as well.