Norwegian Sign Language

Norwegian Sign Language
Norsk tegnspråk
Native to	Norway, Madagascar
Native speakers	1% of the population of Madagascar (ca. 170,000 in 2014) are deaf. 15,000 speakers in Norway (2005)^[1]
Language family	French Sign Danish Sign? Norwegian Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `nsl` – Norwegian SL `mzc` – Malagasy SL
Glottolog	`norw1261`^[2]

Norwegian Sign Language, or NSL (Norwegian: norsk tegnspråk, NTS), is the principal sign language in Norway and Madagascar. There are many sign language organizations and some television programs broadcast in NSL in Norway. The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation airs Nyheter på tegnspråk (News in Sign Language) daily and Tid for tegn (Time for Signs) weekly.

Norway is in the process of making NSL an official language.^[3]

Norwegian Sign was introduced to Madagascar, and the dialects are still close.

Footnotes

↑ http://www.forskning.no/Artikler/2005/mai/1115970783.37
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Norwegian Sign". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs

External links

NTS Dictionary
WikiSigns.org - Malagasy Sign Language Dictionary

Languages of Norway

Official languages	Norwegian Bokmål Nynorsk Kven Sami Southern Ume Pite Lule Northern

Minority languages	Romani Scandoromani

Sign languages	Norwegian Sign Language

Languages of Madagascar

Official languages	French Malagasy

Foreign languages	English

Sign languages	Malagasy sign

Sign language

By region^[a]

Sign languages by region

Oceania	Australia: Auslan, Warlpiri, Australian Aboriginal Hawaii New Zealand Solomon Islands: Rennellese

Asia	Chinese Philippine Indonesia: Indonesian, Kata Kolok (Benkala, Balinese) India: Alipur, Indo-Pakistani, Naga Israel: Al-Sayyid Bedouin, Ghardaia, Israeli, Kafr Qasem Japan: Amami Oshima, Japanese Korean Malaysia: Malaysian, Penang, Selangor Mongolian Nepal: Ghandruk, Jhankot, Jumla, Nepalese Persian Saudi Arabia: Saudi Singapore Sri Lankan Taiwanese Thailand: Ban Khor, Thai Vietnamese

Africa	Algeria: Algerian, Ghardaia Ghana: Adamorobe, Nanabin Kenyan Mali: Tebul, LaSiMa Nigeria: Bura, Hausa Senegal: Mbour Somalia & Djibouti: Somali South African Tanzanian Ugandan Zambian

Europe	Armenian Austrian Belgium: Flemish, French Belgian British Croatian Danish Dutch Estonian Finnish France: Ghardaia, French, Lyons German Greek Hungarian Icelandic Irish Italian Kosovar Lithuanian Macedonian Northern Ireland Norwegian Polish Portuguese Russian Slovenian Spain: Catalan, Spanish, Valencian Swedish Swiss Turkey: Mardin, Turkish

North America	Plains Sign Talk Canada: American, Maritime, Quebec, Inuit, Plateau Mexico: Chatino, Mayan, Mexican United States: American (Black American), Keresan, Martha's Vineyard, Plateau, Sandy River Valley, Henniker

South America	Argentine Bolivian Brasil: Libras, Ka'apor Chilean Colombia: Colombian, Providence Island Costa Rica: Bribri, Brunca Ecuadorian Guatemalan: Guatemalan, Mayan Honduras Nicaraguan Paraguayan Peruvian Providence Island Salvadoran Uruguayan Venezuelan

International	International Sign (Gestuno) Makaton Monastic Signalong

Language families^[a]

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American Sign Language

Extinct sign languages

Linguistics

Fingerspelling

Writing

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Media

Films (list)
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Persons

Organisations

Miscellaneous

^a Sign-language names reflect the region of origin. Natural sign languages are not related to the spoken language used in the same region. For example, French Sign Language originated in France, but is not related to French.

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