Tag: sign language recognition

• It’s here, at last! Legal recognition of Sign Language of the Netherlands

  [Dutch version.] This afternoon, the Senate of the Dutch Parliament voted about the Law recognition Sign Language of the Netherlands. It was approved unanimously. With this law, Sign Language of the Netherlands (NGT, Nederlandse Gebarentaal) becomes an official language in the Netherlands, next to Dutch and Frisian. Massive congratulations to the Dutch sign language community…

  maartjedemeulder

  13 October 2020

  Sign language legislation, Sign language recognition

  NGT, Sign language legislation, Sign Language of the Netherlands, sign language recognition

• Eindelijk! Wet erkenning Nederlandse Gebarentaal

  [English version] Vanmiddag stemde de Eerste Kamer over het wetsvoorstel Erkenning Nederlandse Gebarentaal, dat unaniem aangenomen werd. Hiermee is de Nederlandse Gebarentaal (NGT) nu eindelijk een officiële taal in Nederland. Proficiat aan de Nederlandse gebarentaalgemeenschap en in het bijzonder de mensen die hier jarenlang voor gestreden hebben! Het wetsvoorstel is een initiatief van Attje Kuiken…

  maartjedemeulder

  13 October 2020

  Sign language legislation, Sign language recognition

  Nederlandse Gebarentaal, NGT, Sign language legislation, Sign Language of the Netherlands, sign language recognition

• Recognition of Danish Sign Language

  Today the Danish Parliament unanimously recognized Danish Sign Language (Dansk Tegnsprog) by passing Law 61 amending the law on the Danish Language Council (Dansk Sprognævn). The law was initiated by Lars Barfoed of the Conservative People’s Party. Denmark already has a form of implicit recognition with several pieces of legislation mentioning sign language but up…

  maartjedemeulder

  13 May 2014

  Algemeen

  Denmark, sign language recognition