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🤟Sign Language: NZSL (Aotearoa NZ)

Fingerspell two-handed, sign greetings, and read the grammar in the face

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NZSL is a language, and it is officially one of ours

Where NZSL came from, and why it is not ASL

Deaf culture and why the capital D matters

Deaf etiquette you can use today

Deaf Aotearoa, NZSL Week, and te reo Māori

The five parameters of every sign

How to read the sign descriptions in this course

The two-handed alphabet, and why it has two hands

The vowels live on your fingertips

The consonants and the rhythm of spelling

When fingerspelling is actually used

Numbers one to ten

Numbers eleven to twenty

Your first greetings

Introducing yourself

Pronouns and pointing, called indexing

The face is grammar, not mood

Yes-or-no questions versus WH questions

NZSL word order: topic-comment

Time goes first

Everyday vocabulary: family

Everyday vocabulary: food, feelings, and colours

Classifiers, the beginner version

Common beginner mistakes

A simple daily practice routine

How to keep learning and join the community

Where to go next

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