Norwegian Sign Language

Norwegian Sign Language
Norsk tegnspråk
Native toNorway
Native speakers
2,500 (2014)[1]
French Sign
Language codes
ISO 639-3
nsl – Norwegian SL
Glottolognorw1261
ELPNorwegian Sign Language

Norwegian Sign Language, or NSL (Norwegian Bokmål: norsk tegnspråk or Nynorsk: norsk teiknspråk, NTS), is the principal sign language in Norway. There are many sign language organizations and some television programs broadcast in NSL in Norway. The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation airs Nyheter på tegnspråk (News in Sign Language) daily and Tid for tegn (Time for Signs) weekly.

NSL is an official language as of 1 January 2022.[2]

  1. ^ Norwegian SL at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Offisielt frå statsrådet 21. mai 2021". regjeringen.no (in Norwegian). 21 May 2021. The seventh paragraph under "2. Sanksjonar og iverksetjingar". Archived from the original on 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2022-01-17.