New Zealand Sign Language

From AASL

Basic information of the sign language

Language name	New Zealand Sign Language
Region	New Zealand

Contents 1 Language name 2 Region 3 Population of signers 4 Language family 5 Dialects 6 Linguistic characteristics 7 History 8 Related sign languages 9 Related spoken languages 10 Institutes, associations and universities 11 Dictionaries 12 Bibliography 13 Researchers 14 History of sign language research 15 Related pages 16 Links 17 Notes

Language name

New Zealand Sign Language

(NZSL)

Region

New Zealand

Population of signers

Language family

Dialects

Linguistic characteristics

History

Related sign languages

Related spoken languages

Institutes, associations and universities

Dictionaries

Bibliography

Sutton-Spence, Rachel. 2003. British manual Alphabets in the education of Deaf people since the 17th century. In: Monaghan, Leila, Constanze Schmaling, Karen Nakamura and Graham H. Turner eds. Many ways to be Deaf: International variation in Deaf communities. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. 27.

Researchers

History of sign language research

Related pages

Links

Notes

Countries and areas of Oceania

Continent	Australasian Sign Language | Australian Aborigines Sign Language | Australian Sign Language
Polynesia	Australasian Sign Language | New Zealand Sign Language | Samoan Sign Language
Micronesia	(no data)
Melanesia	Enga Sign Language | Fiji Sign Language | Rennellese Sign Language
Areas and others	(no data)