#NZSL

[crazyplantkid]

i got into an argument over official languages with my nana today but she didn’t let me speak so it’s been bubbling inside of me for fucking ages so i’m just gonna write what i would say here for my own benefit :)

(for context, i live in Aotearoa (New Zealand))

the only reason you would make a language official if it’s 1. important to the people of the country and 2. it’s going to be lost if it isn’t legally protected.

English doesn’t need the protection, we all speak english, we all know english, people aren’t denied opportunities because they only know english. Te Reo Māori needs the legal standing it has been granted to prevent it from nearing extinction, again. Making Te Reo Māori an official language means that Māori people have better chances to be represented accurately in court, hospitals, schools, and everywhere else. Te Reo Māori needed to be protected.

New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) needed to be made an official language as the deaf people of Aotearoa didn’t have access to the country’s resources outside the deaf community. Making NZSL an offical language means that deaf new zealanders get to have a translator in court, in the medical sector, in schools. it gives them a fairer chance to succeed in a hearing dominated world. NZSL needed to be protected.

English didn’t. English doesn’t. you can go ANYWHERE and speak english, and get what you want, you don’t have to jump through hoops if you are a native english speaker of aotearoa. exams are, by default, in english, you don’t need to request a translator, or translated copy. you can understand everything without a middle man in a legal setting. the doctor can tell you directly what is wrong with you. English stands to gain absolutely nothing by making it an official language. it wouldn’t change anything. it’s not necessary, and it would lower the importance of being an offical language. in the public eye, Te Reo and NZSL got a boost up, climbing their way up to be seen as a proper language, not a “primitive” language, as they have both been described. English doesn’t need the boost.

Aotearoa only needs the two official languages.

Te Reo Māori (made official in 1987)

New Zealand Sign Language (made offical in 2006)

#languages #aotearoa #new zealand #official languages #maori #te reo maori #nzsl #sign language #new zealand sign language #nana arguments #laugh out loud

[balthazarslostlibrary]

I had a very nice interaction with a supermarket checkout person in NZSL! She asked how I was verbally and I signed good, and how are you. She didn't quite understand and so I broke it down into what I call bastard-sign (basic hand movements that aren't specific signs), and then she understood! She shared what sign she knew and asked if she got 'how are you?' right (she did!)

It was very nice having even a small interaction with someone who was willing and also enthusiastic about learning and using sign, even though I could hear what she was saying, and it wasn't necessary for her to sign back to me.

Sometimes I am reticent to tell people that I use sign sometimes, because often they will ask for a lesson right there and then, even when I really can't be bothered or it's not on topic with the conversation, almost as a novelty thing.

Today was good though. She was friendly, only asked a little bit for the purpose of a conversation I was having with her right there and then, and was learning for the purpose of talking to me, and not just as a fun little thing she probably wouldn't bother to use elsewhere.

We signed 'thank you's as I left, very nice.

#NZSL #sign language #actually autistic #autism

[feelinprettyblue02]

fellow nzsl speakers on tumblr, does hatsune miku have a sign name? if not, what should it be?

#feelinblue ramble #hatsune miku #nzsl #new zealand sign language

[aslsuzyq]

#asl #signlanguage #americansignlanguage #hoh #deafpride #deafcan #tiktokcreator #deaf #deafawareness #deafculture #prsl #auslan #BSL #NZSL #Youtube

[sensitivityreaderdeaf]

The culture of conversing in sign language.

#DeafCulture #NZSL

[clickbytes]

Fingerspelling Unleashed - BANZSL Edition

Learn the Australian/British/New Zealand Fingerspelling Alphabet On Steam.

#auslan #gaming #fingerspelling #indiegamedev #steam #BSL #NZSL #sign language #Banzsl #alphabet #word games #type game #clickteam fusion

[airyairyaucontraire]

A special message from Wellington Paranormal for New Zealand Sign Language Week 2022

Interesting fact: New Zealand has two official languages, Māori and NZSL. English is not an official language, it’s just the most commonly spoken.

Māori sign language is still developing, as Māori deaf people have not always had equal language education access, but there are some specific signs for Māori words and concepts (like the “kia ora” O’Leary demonstrates above). Here’s a news piece from 2017 about a trilingual sign language interpreter working on it.

#New Zealand #Aotearoa #wellington paranormal #wwdits #shadowsverse #karen o’leary #mike minogue #sign language #New Zealand sign language #nzsl #he’s running out of juice #Youtube #deaf New Zealand

[dykethang]

anecdotally re: last rb. NZSL doesn't differentiate (to my knowledge) between "kiwi" as in the bird, and "kiwi" as in the colloquial term for NZers, but both signs for kiwi imitate a kiwi's beak. BUT the fruit is differentiated by an added sign to indicate it's a fruit and not the bird/person

#cat meows #which perhaps just says a lot about the vernacular of Deaf NZSL users but #the differentiation between fruit (kiwi+fruit signs) and bird/person (kiwi sign) is there

[accessibleaesthetics]

Here is a (non-exhaustive) list of free resources for different sign languages:

American Sign Language (ASL)

Australian Sign Language (Auslan)

Australian Indigenous Sign Languages

Black American Sign Language (BASL)

Brazilian Sign Language (LSB)

British Sign Language (BSL)

Chinese Sign Language (CSL)

Emirati Sign Language (ESL)

French Sign Language (LSF)

Italian Sign Language (LIS)

Indian Sign Language (ISL)

International Sign Language (IS)

Irish Sign Language (ISL)

Japanese Sign Language (JSL)

New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL)

Mexican Sign Language (LSM)

Plains Indian Sign Language (PISL)

Polish Sign Language (PJM)

Ukrainian Sign Language (USL)

Yolŋu Sign Language (YSL)

Please feel free to add on if you know of others, be it more resource for one of the sign languages above, or resources for learning any of the other 300 plus sign languages.

Edit: I updated the ASL reference to Bill Vicars, but reminder that these are just things I found around, please find Deaf teachers wherever possible! And for ASL, lifeprint.com is another wonderful resource.

Please also check out Lingvano if you want to learn American Sign Language (ASL), British Sign Language (BSL) or Austrian Sign Language (ÖGS). This app has D/deaf teachers and is designed for people who can only spend 5 to 20 minutes a day on learning and practicing, so it's very handy for those with busy schedules! Only the first few lessons are free though, then it’s around $10 a month.

#sign langauge

[fictional-worlds-are-exquisite]

after a lot of muttering under my breath focusing really hard on my screen i suddenly gasped and went 'MY FINGERS ARE VOWELS' so that's how my night's going

#do you want context #or is it better without #.................................... #i'm trying to learn some nzsl lol. i was trying to perfect my fingerspelling alphabet #when i realised #my fingers are vowels #i touch my thumb for A my pointer for E my middle for I etc #fucking revelation #i'm soooo going tor regret saying this #but so far it's been pretty straightforward #(i say after one completed module) #what can u say lindsey?? nothing. you know nothing. do not judge so fast #i am having soooooo many conversations with myself in sign language to try and get this right

[puppidy]

Fuck yes insert words from languages you speak into conversations with me who doesn't really know, I love opportunities to learn and grow and develop and stuff

#Learning Te Reo is on my today #I mean todo list #Unfortunately not killing myself is higher on the list #And that takes up a bit of stuff #Though currently less stuff #Am feeling pretty alright #Need to go to sleep though #Don't want a bad night sleep to ruin shit #Gotta move small rocks to move mountain #And going to sleep before 12am is a pretty small rock #I love you #Also learning more NZSL is on my todo list but I literally have plans to do that with my boyfriend because I already have small experience #And he has more experience with it #Am I tagging correctly #I like ranting #Rambling #Goodnight Internet

[reguriflop]

this did its rounds on tiktok so i reformatted it for tumblr! so this would probably be in between blue learning sign language - if you know asl, and it looks wrong its because its nzsl 😛 its not super accurate anyways because some words dont exist so i kind of had to play around

#reguri #trainer blue #pokespe #trainer red #namelessshipping #originalshipping #pokemon art #digital art #green oak #blue oak

[sensitivityreaderdeaf]

Christchurch, New Zealand -- Oldest Deaf Club Celebrates 100th Anniversary

https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/09/24/oldest-deaf-club-celebrating-100-years/?fbclid=IwAR3WtOyYLJpt6DohDFYVKkDZWSAyMOFlXGxKZxwE4Dmw3NqHlajII2me7I0

#DeafCommunity NZSL

[clickbytes]

Like Word Searches? Find them too easy? Then try this!

#auslan #gaming #fingerspelling #indiegamedev #word search puzzle #steam #sign language #BSL #NZSL #word games #clickteam fusion

[rayclubs]

have you talked about which of the mercs you think are most likely to know another language, and which? (some are. more obvious than others but lol)

Ooh, haven't talked about this, let's go!

Scout:

We do know from the comics that he is either dyslexis or illiterate and has trouble reading, and I don't think he would be particularly interested in learning another language.

I do know people headcanon him speaking French but I just don't see it. "Whaddya mean words have gendah? No the fuck they don't" - Scout, probably.

Learned Spanish at school, can say "Hello, my name is Jeremy, my Spanish is very bad!" but that's it.

Soldier:

Very likely knows a moderate amount of Polish. Taught Medic to say "kurwa".

Not interested in learning languages but I think foreign words just stick to him, he has tge easiest time picking them up

Pyro:

Definitely knows ASL like a champ. Tries to teach the mercs, too, with varying degrees of success.

Doesn't learn any new languages but constantly asks people what things are called in their native languages. Remembers about a third of the words he's given. Still worth it.

Demoman:

He could MASTER Russian phonetics but instead he's learning Klingon like the fucking nerd he is. I love him so much.

Probably speaks Gaelic also. I dunno, I don't know enough about Scotland unfortunately, even his speech patterns are hard for me

Heavy:

Fluent in French.

Starts out with zero knowledge of German but is very persistent and goes to great extents to learn it.

His English is piss but he probably had like. A two-week long express course before they shipped him to America. Jeebus Crust.

Engineer:

Picked up some Russian from Heavy, some German from Medic, some ASL from Pyro, some French from Spy. At some point even started saying "kurwa" in that Texan accent of his.

Probably decent in Spanish, too, cause why not.

Medic:

Fluent in Latin.

Knows like a dozen Russian words and none of them are PG-13.

Sniper:

I dunno. He reads upside down. He knows bird calls and stuff. Does that count? Morse code also.

NZSL.

Spy:

Oh, I'm gonna musspell this but. Here goes. Quebecois.

Says he can lip-read but actually can't.

Overpronounces every foreign dish name in restaurants like the pretentious bastard he is.

"Qruasön" I dunno.

Probably forgot something. Cheers!

#raynswers #tf2 language #tf2

[holliano]

It’s New Zealand Sign Language week!

Perfect time to pick up some new words and phrases from one of our actual National languages :D

#Aotearoa #nzsl