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Nigerian Sign Language |
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Nigerian Sign Language is the national sign language of deaf people in Nigeria. It was introduced in 1960, a few years after
Ghanaian Sign Language, by Andrew Foster, a deaf African-American missionary, and is based on American Sign Language (and
indeed may be considered a dialect of ASL), as there had been no education or organizations for the deaf previously. There
is a Ghanaian influence in NSL; both are based on American Sign Language. NSL is unrelated to local Nigerian sign languages
such as Bura Sign Language. Chadian teachers for the deaf are trained in Nigeria. There are deaf schools in N’Djamena, Sarh,
and Moundou. |
Names (more)[en] Nigerian Sign Language |
Language type : Living
Technical notes
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