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BANZSL. Swedish Sign. British, Australian and New Zealand Sign Language ( BANZSL) is the language of which British Sign Language (BSL), Auslan and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) may be considered dialects. These three languages may be considered dialects of a single language (BANZSL) due to their use of the same grammar and manual alphabet ...
Old Norse. Old Swedish ( Modern Swedish: fornsvenska) is the name for two distinct stages of the Swedish language that were spoken in the Middle Ages: Early Old Swedish ( Klassisk fornsvenska ), spoken from about 1225 until about 1375, and Late Old Swedish ( Yngre fornsvenska ), spoken from about 1375 until about 1526. [2]
British Sign Language. British Sign Language ( BSL) is a sign language used in the United Kingdom and is the first or preferred language among the deaf community in the UK. While private correspondence from William Stokoe hinted at a formal name for the language in 1960, [4] the first usage of the term "British Sign Language" in an academic ...
Portuguese Sign language ( Portuguese: Língua gestual portuguesa) is a sign language used mainly by deaf people in Portugal . It is recognized in the present Constitution of Portugal. [2] It was significantly influenced by Swedish Sign Language, through a school for the Deaf that was established in Lisbon by Swedish educator Pär Aron Borg.
Swiss-Italian Sign Language. Italian Sign Language ( Italian: Lingua dei segni italiana, LIS) is the visual language used by deaf people in Italy. Deep analysis of it began in the 1980s, along the lines of William Stokoe 's research on American Sign Language in the 1960s. Until the beginning of the 21st century, most studies of Italian Sign ...
Swedish language. In the 9th century, Old Norse began to diverge into Old West Norse (Norway and Iceland) and Old East Norse (Sweden and Denmark). In the 12th century, the dialects of Denmark and Sweden began to diverge, becoming Old Danish and Old Swedish in the 13th century. All were heavily influenced by Middle Low German during the medieval ...
Glottolog. newz1236. New Zealand Sign Language or NZSL ( Māori: te reo Turi) is the main language of the deaf community in New Zealand. It became an official language of New Zealand in April 2006 under the New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006. The purpose of the act was to create rights and obligations in the use of NZSL throughout the legal ...
