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Northern Ireland Sign Language - Wikipedia

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Northern Ireland Sign Language
NISL
Native to	United Kingdom and Ireland
Region	Northern Ireland
Native speakers	"BSL" is the native or preferred language of 3,500 in Northern Ireland (2007)^[1]
Language family	BANZSL Family. Emerging from British, Irish, and American Sign. Northern Ireland Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
IETF	`isg-u-sd-gbnir`

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] and American Sign Language (ASL).^{[citation needed]}

A number of practitioners see Northern Ireland Sign Language as a distinct and separate language from both BSL and ISL though "many 'Anglo-Irish'^{[further explanation needed]} 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.^[1]^[3]

BANZSL family tree

Old British Sign Language
(c. 1760–1900)

Maritime SL
(c. 1860–present)

Swedish SL family?
(c. 1800–present)

Papua NG SL
(c. 1990–present)

Auslan
(c. 1860–present)

New Zealand SL
(c. 1870–present)

British SL
(c. 1900–present)

Northern Ireland SL
(c. 1920–present)

South African SL
(c. 1860–present)

References

^ ^a ^b "Sign Language". Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure. Archived from the original on 9 January 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b Janzen, Terry (2005). Topics in Signed Language Interpreting: Theory And Practice. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 256 & 265. ISBN 90-272-1669-X. OCLC 60742155. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
^ "Paul Murphy announces recognition for sign language". Northern Ireland Office. 30 March 2004. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011. I am pleased to announce formal recognition for both British and Irish Sign Languages in Northern Ireland.

v t e Languages of the United Kingdom
Languages	Cornish English (de facto official) Irish Manx Norman Auregnais Guernésiais Jèrriais Sercquiais Scots Ulster Scots Scottish Gaelic Welsh
Other languages	Angloromani Beurla Reagaird Cumbric Llanito Norn Pictish Scottish Cant Shelta
Sign languages	British Irish Northern Irish Old Kentish
Languages by region	Cornwall Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

BANZSL languages

Africa

South African

Americas

Maritime

Australasia

Europe

British
- Northern Ireland

Swedish	Finnish Finland-Swedish Portuguese Swedish

Italics indicate extinct languages

Sign language

Language
families^[a]

Sign languages by family

Australian
Aboriginal
(multiple families)^[c]

Western Desert	Kartutjarra Manjiljarra Ngaatjatjarra
Zendath Kesign	Meriam Western Torres Strait Islander

Arab (Ishaaric)

Iraqi–
Levantine

Iraqi
Levantine	Jordanian Lebanese Palestinian Syrian

Possible

Chinese Sign

Chinese (CSL/ZGS)
- Shanghai
  - Hong Kong (HKSL)
    - Macau

Chilean-Paraguayan-
Uruguayan Sign

Chilean (LSCh)
Paraguayan- Uruguayan Sign	Paraguay (LSPY) Uruguay (LSU)

Francosign

American
(ASLic)

American (ASL) Black ASL (BASL) Protactile Bolivian Burmese Yangon Mandalay Cambodian Costa Rican Dominican Jamaican Malaysian (BIM) Panamanian Filipino (FSL) Puerto Rican (PRSL) Singapore (SgSL)
Indonesian (Nusantaric)	Indonesian (Bisindo) Jakarta Yogyakarta
Francophone African (Françafrosign)	Ethiopian Chadian Ghanaian Guinean Bamako (LaSiMa) Moroccan Nigerian Sierra Leonean
Mixed, Hand Talk	Oneida (OSL)
Mixed, Hoailona ʻŌlelo	Creole Hawaiʻi Sign Language (CHSL)
Mixed, French (LSF)	Greek (ΕΝΓ/ENG) Cypriot (ΚΝΓ/KNG) Quebec (LSQ)

Austro-
Hungarian

Czech (ČZJ) Hungarian (Magyar Jelnyev) Austrian (ÖGS) Slovak (SPJ) Ukrainian (УЖМ/USL)
Russian Sign	Azerbaijani (AİD) Bulgarian (БЖЕ) Georgian Kazakh-Russian (KSL/KRSL) Latvian (LSL) Mongolian Russian (РЖЯ)
Yugoslavic Sign	Croatian (HZJ) Kosovar Serbian Slovenian Yugoslav (YSL)

Dutch Sign

Italian Sign

Mexican Sign

Old Belgian

Danish (Tegnic)

Viet-Thai

Hand Talk

Great Basin Northeast Plains Sign Talk Southeast Southwest
Mixed, American (ASL)	Oneida (OSL)
Plateau	A'aninin Kalispel Ktunaxa (ʾa·qanⱡiⱡⱡitnam) Nesilextcl'n Shuswap (Secwepemcékst) Sqeliz

Indo-Pakistani
Sign

Bangalore-Madras
Beluchistan
Bengali
Bombay
Calcutta
Delhi
Nepali
North West Frontier Province
Punjab-Sindh

Japanese Sign

Kentish^[c]

Old Kentish
Chilmark
- Martha's Vineyard (MVSL)

Maya (Meemul Tziij /
Meemul Ch'aab'al)

Highland Maya
Yucatec
- Chicán
- Nohkop
- Nohya
- Trascorral
- Cepeda Peraza

NW Eurosign

BANZSL

Auslan Papua New Guinean (PNGSL) British (BSL) Northern Ireland (NISL) Fijian Maritime (MSL) New Zealand (NZSL) Samoan South African (SASL)
Swedish Sign	Eritrean (EriSL) Finland-Swedish (FinSSL) Portuguese (LGP) Swedish (Teckenspråk) Finnish (Viittomakieli)

German Sign

Original Thai Sign

Paget Gorman

Namibian (NSL)

Providencia–
Cayman Sign

Isolates

Afghan
Al-Sayyid Bedouin (ABSL)
Albanian (AlbSL)
Albarradas Sign Language
Alipur
Argentine (LSA)
Armenian
Caucasian (Harsneren)^[c]
Belizean
Bhutanese
Tibetan (Bökyi lagda)
Bribri
Brunca
Cena
Chatino
Cuban (LSC)
Dogon/Douentza
Ecuadorian (LSEC)
Enga
Ghandruk
Ghardaia (AJSL)
Guatemalan (Lensegua)
Guinea-Bissau
Henniker^[c]
Hawaiʻi (Hoailona ʻŌlelo)
- Creole HSL
Inuit
- Inuit Uukturausingit (IUR)
- Greenlandic (Ussersuataarneq)
Jhankot
Jumla
Ka'apor
Kajana
Kafr Qasim
Kailge
Kata Kolok
Kenyan (KSL/LAK)
- Somali (SSL)
Keresan Pueblo (KPISL/Keresign)
Kisindo
Jamaican Country (KS/Konchri Sain)
Macedonian
Maltese (LSM)
Hausa (HSL/Magannar Hannu)
Mardin
Mauritian (MSL)
M'bour
Mehek
Miyakubo Shuwa
Burkina (Mossi)
Mount Avejaha
Mozambican
Naga
Navajo/Diné Family
Nicaraguan (ISN)
Old Costa Rican
Orocovis (LSOR)
Ottoman (Seraglio/Harem)
Ban Khor (Pasa kidd)
Penang
Persian
Peruvian (LSP)
- Inmaculada
Qahveh Khaneh
Rennellese^[c]
Rossel Island
Rwandan (AKR/AMR)
Sandy River Valley^[c]
Salvadoran (LESSA)
Sawmill
Sinasina (SSSL)
Sivia
Spanish (LSE)
Tebul
Trinidad and Tobago (TTSL)
Turkish (TİD)
Ugandan (USL)
Venezuelan (LSV/VSL)
Wanib
West African
- Adamorobe (AdaSL/Mumu kasa)
- Bura (Burasl)
- Mofu-Gudur
- Nanabin (NanabinSL)
Yoruban (YSL)
Zambian (ZSL)

Other groupings

By region^[a]

Sign languages by region
Africa	Algeria Algerian Ghardaia Cameroon Maroua Ghana Adamorobe (AdaSL / Mumu kasa) Nanabin Ivory Coast Bouakako (LaSiBo) Kenya Kenyan Mali Tebul Bamako (LaSiMa) Nigeria Bura Hausa (Magannar Hannu) Senegal Mbour Somalia, Somaliland & Djibouti Somali South Africa South African Tanzania Tanzanian Uganda Ugandan Zambia Zambian
Asia	Bengal Bengali Cambodia Cambodian China Chinese Hong Kong Hong Kong (HKSL) India Alipur Bengali Indo-Pakistani Naga Indonesia Indonesian Kata Kolok (Benkala, Balinese) Iran Persian Iraq Iraqi Kurdish Israel Al-Sayyid Bedouin Ghardaia Israeli Kafr Qasem Japan Japanese Koniya Miyakubo Korea Korean Kazakhstan Kazakh-Russian Laos Laotian Malaysia Malaysian Penang Selangor Maldives Maldives Mongolia Mongolian Nepal Ghandruk Jhankot Jumla Nepalese Philippines Filipino Saudi Arabia Saudi Singapore Singapore Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Taiwan Taiwanese Tajikistan Russian Tibet Tibetan (Bökyi lagda) Thailand Old Bangkok Chiangmai Thai Ban Khor (Pasa kidd) Vietnam Vietnamese
Europe	Armenia Armenian Austria Austrian Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Belgium Flemish French Belgian United Kingdom British Croatia Croatian Denmark Danish Faroese (Teknmál) Estonia Estonian Finland Finnish France Ghardaia French Lyons Germany German Greece Greek Hungary Hungarian Iceland Icelandic Ireland Irish Italy Italian Kosovo Yugoslav (Kosovar) Latvia Latvian Lithuania Lithuanian Moldova Russian Netherlands Dutch North Macedonia Macedonian Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Norway Norwegian Poland Polish Portugal Portuguese Russia Russian Slovenia Slovenian Spain Catalan Spanish Valencian Sweden Swedish Switzerland Swiss-German Turkey Central Taurus Mardin Turkish Ukraine Ukrainian
North and Central America	Belize Belizean Canada American (ASL) Black ASL Protactile Hand Talk Oneida (OSL) Plateau Inuit (IUR) Maritime (MSL) Sawmill Quebec Cayman Old Cayman Costa Rica Bribri Brunca Old Costa Rican New Costa Rican Cuba Cuban Greenland Greenlandic (Ussersuataarneq) Guatemala Guatemalan Mayan Haiti Haitian Honduras Honduran Mexico Albarradas Chatino Mayan Mexican Nicaragua Nicaraguan Panama Chiriqui Panamanian Puerto Rico (USA) American (ASL) Puerto Rican Orocovis El Salvador Salvadoran (LESSO) Old Salvadoran United States American (ASL) Black ASL Protactile Hand Talk Oneida (OSL) Plateau Henniker Keresan (Keresign) Martha's Vineyard Navajo Family Sandy River Valley Sawmill
Oceania	Australia Akitiri (Eltye eltyarrenke) Arrernte (Iltyeme iltyeme) Auslan Australian-Irish Manjiljarra Mudbura (Mudburra) Ngada Umpila Far North Queensland Warlmanpa Warlpiri (Rdaka rdaka) Warumungu (Warramunga) Western Desert Western Torres Strait Islander Yir Yoront Yolŋu Hawaii (USA) Hawaiʻan (Haoilona ʻŌlelo) New Zealand New Zealand (NZSL) Papua New Guinea Enga Kailge Mehek Mount Avejaha Papua New Guinean (PNGSL) Rossel Island Sinasina Wanib Samoa and American Samoa Samoan
South America	Argentina Argentine (LSA) Bolivia Bolivian Brazil Brazilian (Libras) Cena Ka'apor Chile Chilean Colombia Colombian Provisle Ecuador Ecuadorian Paraguay Paraguayan Peru Inmaculada Peruvian Sivia Uruguay Uruguayan Venezuela Venezuelan
International	International Sign Makaton Monastic Signalong

ASL

Extinct
languages

Linguistics

Grammar (ASL)
Bimodal bilingualism
Phonology (ASL)
Handshape / Location / Orientation / Movement / Expression
Mouthing
Nonmanual feature
Sign names
Home sign

Fingerspelling

Writing

Language
contact

Contact sign Initialized sign Mouthing
Signed Oral Languages	Indian Signing System Manually coded English Manually coded language in South Africa Manually Coded Malay Paget Gorman Sign System Signed Dutch Signed French Signed German Signed Italian Signed Japanese Signed Polish Signed Spanish Signing Exact English Signed Swedish
Others	Bilingual–bicultural education Manually coded language

Media

Persons

Organisations

Miscellaneous

^a Sign-language names reflect the region of origin. Natural sign languages are not related to the spoken language used in the same region. For example, French Sign Language originated in France, but is not related to French. Conversely, ASL and BSL both originated in English-speaking countries but are not related to each other; ASL however is related to French Sign Language.

^b Denotes the number (if known) of languages within the family. No further information is given on these languages.

^c Italics indicate extinct languages.

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