Talk:BANZSL
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BANZSL is not the name of the 'parent language' from which British, Australian and New Zealand Sign Language have developed. Instead, it is an alternative way of referring to these languages, by highlighting the fact that they might all be considered dialects of the one signed language (i.e., BANZSL). Trevor Johnston and I coined the term some years ago, and it has appeared in print (e.g., Johston 2003), but only in the latter sense, not the former. Adam Schembri, UCL.
