Sign Language Rights for All
Transcript from the video. No voice sound, only the traffic noise.
This week we, Deaf people celebrate our unique ‘NZSL’ – New Zealand sign languagebecause it is our first language than English or Māori Language. In this video, I, Jean is in Eureka which it is my place in the rural area of Waikato. My second language is NZSL but I was born deaf. Note: there is no voice sound, only the traffic noise. Transcript from the video.
Hello my name is Jean and fingerspell J E A N. My old NZSL as a pair of ‘jeans’. Where am I? I am in Eureka and showed your my sign of Eureka as in the meaning of discovering our rural local when a group of men found a place for the headquarter here after the Māori Wars in Waikato. My place, here and there as in the rural area. What happening this week? Deaf people in the Deaf community celebrate our NZSL this week. Come and learn our NZSL so we can communicate with each other. Thank you.
At the end of this month, there is an International Week of the Deaf, and the theme is about “Sign Language Rights for All”. The week runs from 23rd to 29th September 2019.
