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    New Zealand Sign Language or NZSL (Māori: te reo Turi) is the main language of the deaf community in New Zealand. It became an official language of New...
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    official language in 1987. New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) has been an official language since 2006. Many other languages are used by New Zealand's minority...
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    British, Australian and New Zealand Sign Language (BANZSL, /ˈbænzəl/), or the British Sign Language (BSL) family, is a language family or grouping encompassing...
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    being "mixed-race" is uncommon. English, Māori, and New Zealand Sign Language are the official languages, with English being predominant and understood by...
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    British Sign Language (BSL) is a sign language used in the United Kingdom and is the first or preferred language among the deaf community in the UK. While...
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    increased immigration to the country. The official languages are English, Māori, and New Zealand Sign Language, with the local dialect of English being dominant...
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    and signs for New Zealand placenames. New Zealand Sign Language became an official language of New Zealand in April 2006. About 20,000 people use New Zealand...
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    survived in the modern alphabets used in British Sign Language, Auslan and New Zealand Sign Language. The earliest known printed pictures of consonants...
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  • New Zealand English (NZE) is the variant of the English language spoken and written by most English-speaking New Zealanders. Its language code in ISO...
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  • (BSL) and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL); the three have descended from the same parent language, and together comprise the BANZSL language family. As...
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  • perhaps three hundred sign languages in use around the world today. The number is not known with any confidence; new sign languages emerge frequently through...
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    Sign Language, Auslan and New Zealand Sign Language (collectively known as the BANZSL language family) and another is used in Turkish Sign Language....
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  • Sign Language Interpreters Association of New Zealand (SLIANZ) is the national professional body that represents the interests of professional sign language...
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  • The New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006 is an act of the New Zealand Parliament recognising New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) as New Zealand's third official...
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  • flapping fingers. This sign is not considered part of ASL. It is, however, part of New Zealand Sign Language. The correct sign in ASL is performed with...
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  • January 2016. New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006. New Zealand Legislation. Retrieved 24 July 2013. NZ Sign Language to be third official language. Ruth Dyson...
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    New Zealanders (Māori: Tāngata Aotearoa) are people associated with New Zealand, sharing a common history, culture, and language (New Zealand English)...
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  • official languageNew Zealand Sign Language. Journal of New Zealand Studies, NS 4-5.129-148. New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006 (Public Act No 18). New Zealand...
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    Samoan by 0.3% and other languages by 9.4%. No language could be spoken by 1.5% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The...
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  • of New Zealanders. List of New Zealand university leaders List of New Zealand actors List of former child actors from New Zealand List of New Zealand architects...
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  • arise between the English language and any of British Sign Language, New Zealand Sign Language, Auslan or American Sign Language. However, that term is falling...
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  • Rotuman Language Week, 7–13 May New Zealand Sign Language Week, from 2 May National Organic Week - 1-7 May Youth Week, 21–29 May Samoan Language Week, 30...
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  • behind, in contrast to sign languages of European origin, including American Sign Language, Auslan and New Zealand Sign Language. This may represent a...
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    Samoan by 0.3% and other languages by 6.8%. No language could be spoken by 1.8% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.3%. The...
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    to the Māori language, New Zealand Sign Language is also an official language of New Zealand. The New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006 permits the use of...
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    Samoan by 1.1% and other languages by 5.2%. No language could be spoken by 2.3% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.7%. The...
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    Matiu (Somes Island), and Mākaro (Ward Island). In New Zealand Sign Language, the name is signed by raising the index, middle, and ring fingers of one...
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    of the South" because of its geographic location. In New Zealand Sign Language, the name is signed by putting the index and middle fingers together which...
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    No language could be spoken by 1.8% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was...
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    New Zealand has two de jure official languages: Māori and New Zealand Sign Language, whereas New Zealand English acts as a de facto official language...
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