New Zealand Sign Language

New Zealandian Sign Language

New_Zealand_Sign_Language

main language of the deaf community in New Zealand

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New Zealand Sign Language or NZSL is the main language of the deaf community in New Zealand. It became an official language of New Zealand in April 2006 under the New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006. The purpose of the act was to create rights and obligations in the use of NZSL throughout the legal system and to ensure that the Deaf community had the same access to government information and services as everybody else. According to the 2013 Census, over 20,000 New Zealanders know NZSL.

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New Zealand Sign Language

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