• Norwegian Sign Language, or NSL (Norwegian Bokmål: norsk tegnspråk or Nynorsk: norsk teiknspråk, NTS), is the principal sign language in Norway. There...
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    Many languages are spoken, written and signed in Norway. In Norway, the indigenous languages, Norwegian and Sámi, have official status. Out of them, Norwegian...
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    Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages...
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  • East Norwegian: [ˈbûːkmoːɫ] ) (UK: /ˈbuːkmɔːl/, US: /ˈbʊk-, ˈboʊk-/; lit. 'book-tongue') is one of the official written standards for the Norwegian language...
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  • manual alphabet, with minor differences and additional signs for the æ, ø and å. Norwegian Sign Language is generally thought to be a descendant of DSL. However...
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  • Sign Language (LSF, from langue des signes française) or Francosign family is a language family of sign languages which includes French Sign Language...
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  • Norwegians, including Norwegian teachers. That said, a large number of signs in Malagasy Sign seem to be completely unrelated to their Norwegian Sign...
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  • perhaps three hundred sign languages in use around the world today. The number is not known with any confidence; new sign languages emerge frequently through...
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    Road signs in Norway are regulated by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Statens vegvesen in conformity with the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road...
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  • Norwegian Sign Language is recognised by law for education. It is recognized as one of Norway's national languages. Papua New Guinean Sign Language became...
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  • Sign Language family comprises three languages: Danish Sign Language, Norwegian Sign Language (including Malagasy Sign Language) and Icelandic Sign Language...
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  • officially recognized sign language as of January 1, 2022, being Norwegian Sign Language, abbreviated as NSL or NTS. Within Norway, DHH individuals are granted...
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    American Sign Language (ASL) developed in the United States, starting as a blend of local sign languages and French Sign Language (FSL). Local varieties...
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  • grammar and syntax of oral languages in a gestural-visual form—that is, signed versions of oral languages. Unlike the sign languages that have evolved naturally...
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    International Sign (IS) is a pidgin sign language which is used in a variety of different contexts, particularly as an international auxiliary language at meetings...
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    Norwegian (endonym: norsk [ˈnɔʂːk] ) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official...
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  • Querétaro and México Norwegian – Norsk Official language in: Norway Norwegian Sign Language – norsk tegnspråk, norsk teiknspråk Signed in: Norway Nottoway – Cheroenhaka...
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  • The recorded history of sign language in Western societies starts in the 17th century, as a visual language or method of communication, although references...
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  • Icelandic Sign Language (Icelandic: Íslenskt táknmál) is the sign language of the deaf community in Iceland. It is based on Danish Sign Language; until 1910...
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    Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. Norwegian in its two forms, Bokmål and Nynorsk, is the main national official language of all of Norway...
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  • Swedish Sign Language (STS; Swedish: Svenskt teckenspråk) is the sign language used in Sweden. It is recognized by the Swedish government as the country's...
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    be seen as a common language of the kingdoms. The urban Norwegian upper class spoke Dano-Norwegian, a form of Danish with Norwegian pronunciation and other...
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    Swedish Sign Language family is a language family of sign languages, including Swedish Sign Language, Portuguese Sign Language, Cape Verdian Sign Language, Finnish...
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    standard languages may be considered separate languages even though they are largely mutually intelligible, as in the case of Danish and Norwegian. Conversely...
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  • is also commonly called the at symbol, commercial at, or address sign. Most languages have their own name for the symbol. Although not included on the...
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  • The Norwegian Association of the Deaf (NDF; Norwegian: Norges Døveforbund) is a national organisation for the deaf and sign language users in Norway. It...
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    Finland Swedish), the Sami languages, Romani language, as well as Finnish Sign Language and Finland-Swedish Sign Language. The institute is charged with...
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    70% of the people are Norwegians; the remaining 30% are Russian and Ukrainian. The official language of Svalbard is Norwegian. Russian is used in the...
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    000 people, the other language was an indigenous language. Finally, the number of people reporting sign languages as the languages spoken at home was nearly...
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    Berg-Nordlie, Mikkel. "språk i Norge" [languages of Norway]. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 30 August 2020. Kultur- og kirkedepartementet...
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