New Zealand Sign Language
A language of New Zealand
| Population | No estimate available. |
| Alternate names | NZSL |
| Classification | Deaf sign language |
| Language use | Official language. Developed informally among deaf people at school and in deaf organizations and used since the 1800s. First school for the deaf established in 1880 with oralist policies until 1979. Contemporary NZSL is related to British [bfi] and Australian [asf] Sign Languages. (2005 R. McKee). |
| Language development | TV. Dictionary. Grammar. |
| Comments | Manual system for spelling. |
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