Auslan vs BSL - Deaf people have accents

Deaf people have accents! A video to know different words signed in Auslan and BSL.

[@just_passing_through]

As an Australian born in Britain, I must say Auslan seems a lot more intuitive and representative of the actual word. I’m sure a lot of hearingpeople could pick up words from Auslan that would be totally lost in BSL

[@rah2087]

I loved the interaction between the two presenters. So cute. BSL and Auslan are such amazing languages.

[@moony2703]

Really interesting to see the two side by side and compare the difference as well as the similarities.

[@peteranderson4285]

Many of those BSL signs were Australian signs before 1980.

[@harshmnr]

Nice video! Although BSL and Auslan would be completely different languages right, not just different accents? ~:~

[@LisaMillsOnline]

Good point! Correct. I cant remember why I put in accents. Yes BSL & Auslan are different sign languages - similar but still different.

[@James-lw3gi]

Excuse my ignorance, but I’m still confused as to what BSL is, I haven’t heard if it before? Is it spoken in Australia and is indeed a different ‘accent’? If so, from an outsiders perspective it appears you’d need to learn each language to understand it.

[@oceania_standard4707]

It was told in the start of the video 💀 it called British Sign Language

[@sonnyjimm23]

Auslan = Australia sign language BSL = British sign language

[@James-lw3gi]

@@sonnyjimm23 ah. That makes so much sense. Lol. My bad. Thanks 👍

[@harshmnr]

Yes the video says different "accents" but really Auslan and BSL (as well as ASL, and all other sign languages) are completely different _languages,_ not just accents/dialects, although these do exist within the languages as well. ~:~