page_title: Two-handed manual alphabets
section_title: BANZSL alphabet
hierarchical_section_title: Two-handed manual alphabets / BANZSL alphabet
caption_attribution_description: English: This chart shows the two-handed manual alphabet used in British Sign Language, Auslan (Australian Sign Language), and New Zealand Sign Language. Español: Alfabeto bimanual usado por los sordos del Reino Unido, Australia y Nueva Zelanda.
context_page_description: Several manual alphabets in use around the world employ two hands to represent some or all of the letters of an alphabet, usually as a part of a deaf sign language. Two-handed alphabets are less widespread than one-handed manual alphabets. They may be used to represent the Latin alphabet or the Cyrillic alphabet.
context_section_description: This alphabet is used in the BANZSL group of sign languages. It has been used in British Sign Language and Auslan since at least the 19th century, and in New Zealand Sign Language since the 1970s. Variations of this alphabet are also used in dialects of Indo-Pakistani Sign Language.
caption: This chart shows the BANZSL alphabet.
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