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Northern Ireland Sign Language
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<p>Northern Ireland Sign language (NISL) is a <a href="/facts/Sign_language/Wjfl9Db6">sign language</a> used mainly by <a href="/facts/Deaf_people/cRqdlcKa">deaf people</a> in <a href="/facts/Northern_Ireland/Jmr0NRyl">Northern Ireland</a>. </p><p>NISL is described as being related to <a href="/facts/Irish_Sign_Language/wuKXBKWm">Irish Sign Language</a> (ISL) at the <a href="/facts/Syntactic/6PxSV98p">syntactic</a> level while the <a href="/facts/Lexicon/MxfVm3gl">lexicon</a> is based on <a href="/facts/British_Sign_Language/nClrXDY6">British Sign Language</a> (BSL) and <a href="/facts/American_Sign_Language/MGTCXaGb">American Sign Language</a> (ASL). </p><p>A number of practitioners see Northern Ireland Sign Language as a distinct and separate language from both BSL and ISL though "many 'Anglo-Irish' Northern Irish signers argue against the use of the acronym NISL and believe that while their variety is distinct, it is still a part of British Sign Language." </p><p>As of March 2004<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_Sign_Language&action=edit">[update]</a> the <a href="/facts/British_Government/3zLlUWbx">British Government</a> recognises only British Sign Language and Irish Sign Language as the official sign languages used in Northern Ireland. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th><a href="/facts/BANZSL/BNS9wgWR">BANZSL</a> family tree</th></tr><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2">Old <a href="/facts/British_Sign_Language/nClrXDY6">British Sign Language</a> (c. 1760–1900)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" 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rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><i><a href="/facts/Swedish_Sign_Language_family/71HpnzMn">Swedish SL family</a>?(c. 1800–present)</i></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Papua_New_Guinean_Sign_Language/mnQofNwm">Papua NG SL</a>(c. 1990–present)</td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Auslan/Yhszre3j">Auslan</a>(c. 1860–present)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/New_Zealand_Sign_Language/U6d9M9sz">New Zealand SL</a>(c. 1870–present)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/British_Sign_Language/nClrXDY6">British SL</a>(c. 1900–present)</td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2">Northern Ireland SL(c. 1920–present)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/South_African_Sign_Language/jmN9kNYx">South African SL</a>(c. 1860–present)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>