New Zealand Sign Language

E7882
natural language official language sign language

New Zealand Sign Language is the primary sign language of the Deaf community in New Zealand and one of the country’s official languages, known for its own distinct grammar and vocabulary.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
New Zealand Sign Language canonical 26
New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf natural language ⓘ
official language ⓘ
sign language ⓘ
countryUsedIn New Zealand ⓘ
dateOfOfficialRecognition 2006 ⓘ
glottocode newz1235 ⓘ
hasCommunity New Zealand Deaf community ⓘ
hasDistinctGrammar true ⓘ
hasDistinctVocabulary true ⓘ
hasDomain broadcasting ⓘ
education ⓘ
interpreting ⓘ
public services ⓘ
hasInterpretersIn New Zealand Parliament ⓘ
New Zealand courts ⓘ
New Zealand television news ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom British Sign Language ⓘ
Māori culture-related signs ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearchOn morphology ⓘ
phonology ⓘ
syntax ⓘ
hasModality visual-gestural ⓘ
hasRegionalVariation true ⓘ
hasSignFor New Zealand ⓘ
surface form: Aotearoa
hasStatus language of national identity for Deaf New Zealanders ⓘ
hasWordOrder flexible ⓘ
topic–comment tendencies ⓘ
hasWritingSystem no conventional written form ⓘ
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith Māori ⓘ
surface form: Māori language

spoken English ⓘ
ISO6393Code nzs ⓘ
isTaughtIn New Zealand ⓘ
surface form: New Zealand schools
isUsedFor daily communication among Deaf New Zealanders ⓘ
education of Deaf students ⓘ
public information access for Deaf people ⓘ
languageFamily BANZSL ⓘ
legalRecognitionByAct New Zealand Sign Language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006
officialLanguageAlongside English ⓘ
Māori ⓘ
oneOfOfficialLanguagesOf New Zealand ⓘ
primaryLanguageOf Deaf community in New Zealand ⓘ
recognizedAsOfficialLanguageIn New Zealand ⓘ
sharesAncestryWith Australian Sign Language ⓘ
British Sign Language ⓘ
usedByCommunity Deaf Māori ⓘ
usesArticulators body ⓘ
face ⓘ
hands ⓘ
usesNonManualFeatures body posture ⓘ
facial expressions ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Zealand → officialLanguage → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
New Zealand Sign Language → legalRecognitionByAct → New Zealand Sign Language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006
North Island → hasOfficialLanguage → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
New Zealand Parliament → hasOfficialLanguage → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
BANZSL → hasMember → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
BANZSL → sharesHistoricalOriginWith → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
BANZSL → languageFamilyOf → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
BANZSL → sharesLexiconWith → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
BANZSL → sharesTwoHandedAlphabetWith → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
BANZSL → sharesManySignsWith → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
British Sign Language → influences → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
British Sign Language → isMutuallyIntelligibleWith → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
New Zealand education sector → supportsOfficialLanguages → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
New Zealand government → officialLanguagesRecognized → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
New Zealand (until creation of VC for New Zealand and then in its own form) → hasOfficialLanguage → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
subject surface form: New Zealand
New Zealand law → recognisesLanguage → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
Realm of New Zealand → officialLanguage → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
British, Australian and New Zealand Sign Language family → includesLanguage → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
British, Australian and New Zealand Sign Language family → sharesHistoricalOriginWith → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
British, Australian and New Zealand Sign Language family → sharesLinguisticFeaturesWith → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
British, Australian and New Zealand Sign Language family → notableMemberLanguage → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
Auslan → closelyRelatedTo → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
BSL → relatedTo → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
New Zealand politics → usesOfficialLanguagesInPolitics → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
New Zealand multicultural society → hasLanguage → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
New Zealand multicultural society → hasOfficialLanguageContext → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ
New Zealand North Island → officialLanguageUsed → New Zealand Sign Language ⓘ