| Norwegian Sign Language | |
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| Norsk tegnspråk | |
| Native to | Norway |
Native speakers | 2,500 (2014)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nsl – Norwegian SL |
| Glottolog | norw1261 |
| ELP | Norwegian Sign Language |
Norwegian Sign Language, orNSL (NorwegianBokmål:norsk tegnspråk orNynorsk:norsk teiknspråk,NTS), is the principalsign language inNorway. There are many sign language organizations and sometelevision programs broadcast in NSL in Norway. TheNorwegian Broadcasting Corporation airsNyheter på tegnspråk (News in Sign Language) daily andTid for tegn (Time for Signs) weekly.
NSL is an official language as of 1 January 2022.[2]
The language is sometimes reported to be similar, or even identical tothe sign language used inMadagascar.[3] In fact, while Norwegian Sign Language may have influenced Malagasy sign language via the creation of schools for the deaf by Norwegian Lutheran missionaries, the languages are quite distinct. Out of a sample of 96 sign pairs, 18 pairs were identical between the two languages, 26 showed some level of similarity, and 52 appeared completely unrelated. It is not yet known to what degree the similarities are a result of direct borrowing, borrowing from a common source language (such asASL orInternational Sign),mimesis of the thing they refer to, or sheer coincidence.[4]
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