Northern Ireland Sign Language
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| Northern Ireland Sign Language | ||
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| NISL | ||
| Signed in | Ireland, United Kingdom | |
| Region | Northern Ireland | |
| Total signers | 3,500 (recognised as BSL signers)[1] | |
| Language family | American Sign language, British Sign Language, Irish Sign Language
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | sgn | |
| ISO 639-3 | – | |
| sign language — list of sign languages — legal recognition | ||
Northern Ireland Sign language (NISL) is a sign language used mainly by Deaf people in Northern Ireland.
NISL is described as being related to Irish Sign Language (ISL) at the syntactic level while the lexicon is based on British Sign Language (BSL).[2]
A number of practitioners see Northern Ireland Sign Language as a distinct and separate language from both BSL and ISL though "many 'Anglo-Irish' Northern Irish signers argue against the use of the acronym NISL and believe that while their variety is distinct, it is still a part of British Sign Language."[2]
As of March 2004[update] the British Government recognises only British Sign Language and Irish Sign Language as the official sign languages used in Northern Ireland.[3][1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Sign Language". Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure. http://www.dcalni.gov.uk/index/languages/sign_language.htm. Retrieved on 2008-06-22.
- ^ a b Janzen, Terry (2005). Topics in Signed Language Interpreting: Theory And Practice. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 256 & 265. ISBN 902721669X. OCLC 60742155. http://books.google.com/books?id=ylfJtF3vQUwC&pg. Retrieved on 2008-06-22.
- ^ "Paul Murphy announces recognition for sign language". Northern Ireland Office. 2004-03-30. http://www.nio.gov.uk/paul-murphy-announces-recognition-for-sign-language/media-detail.htm?newsID=8540. Retrieved on 2008-06-22. "I am pleased to announce formal recognition for both British and Irish Sign Languages in Northern Ireland."
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