New Zealand
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==Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf== | ==Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf== |
Revision as of 13:31, 11 August 2009
Name of the country/area | New Zealand |
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Formal name of the country/area | New Zealand |
Country/area information | The World Factbook(CIA) |
Wikipedia(English) |
Spoken languages
English
Maori
Sign languages
New Zealand Sign Language
Related sign languages:
Australasian Sign Language (an attempt to merge Australian Sign Language and New Zealand Sign Language into one common sign language)
Population of Deaf/deaf people
Legal status of sign languages
New Zealand Sign Language became the third official language of New Zealand in April 2006.
Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf
Deaf Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ) (WFD member)