{"id":1023,"date":"2011-05-28T16:27:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T16:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2014-08-22T14:53:09","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T14:53:09","slug":"norwegian-sign-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/norwegian-sign-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Sign Language"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I learned the sign language alphabet when I was in grade school, but since then I have not invested more time in it. \u00a0I don\u00b4t actually know any deaf people, so I guess that\u00b4s my justification for not having learned it. \u00a0However, I have worked several jobs for which knowing sign language would have come in handy. \u00a0I have worked in restaurants, a bank, and a clothing and shoe store and had deaf customers at all of them.<\/p>\n

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While I believe knowing a foreign language gives one a slight advantage even in understanding a deaf person sign, I wish I would have made it easier for the customer. \u00a0Especially at a bank, it is very important to understand all details, so the customer always ended up writing down his or her requests. \u00a0Of course that works just fine, but I feel badly that people who were born without the ability to speak have to cater to the rest of us who have it.<\/p>\n

When I looked into tegnspr\u00e5k<\/strong> (sign language) in Norway, I found it interesting that Norway and Madagascar share the same movements. Tegnspr\u00e5k<\/strong> has been in use in Norway since 1815 and just 10 years later, the first deaf school was established in Trondheim. \u00a0There are 2 major dialects and one minor dialect of NSL (Norwegian Sign Language) in Norway with differing alphabets. \u00a0Trondheim\u00b4s tegnspr\u00e5k dialect is similar to ASL (American Sign Language) in that it is one-handed. \u00a0The other major dialect is from Oslo and it is a two-handed tegnspr\u00e5k<\/strong>. \u00a0Most people use the Trondheim one-handed dialect, but the Oslo dialect is becoming more popular. \u00a0Just as speaking Norwegians can communicate quite easily with Danes (especially in writing) and Swedes, a Norwegian d\u00f8v <\/strong>(deaf) person can understand d\u00f8ve <\/strong>Swedes and Danes quite well also.<\/p>\n

There are approximately 12,000 d\u00f8ve<\/strong> in Norway. \u00a0Every year there is a big party where they gather for cultural events including plays, poetry readings, concerts, a dinner, and time to hang out and just chat.<\/p>\n

A committee is working hard to make norsk tegnspr\u00e5k <\/strong>an official spr\u00e5k<\/strong> of Norway. \u00a0Despite the fact that it is not yet an official spr\u00e5k<\/strong>, Norwegian society is quite progressive. \u00a0The law requires that signed interpretation be made available to college students, to the courts, and in the mental health industry.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see the norsk tegnspr\u00e5k alfabet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see nummere<\/strong> (numbers).<\/p>\n

See here<\/a> to see a woman sign hundreds of different words!<\/p>\n

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I learned the sign language alphabet when I was in grade school, but since then I have not invested more time in it. \u00a0I don\u00b4t actually know any deaf people, so I guess that\u00b4s my justification for not having learned it. \u00a0However, I have worked several jobs for which knowing sign language would have come…<\/p>\n

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