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Improved labour market access for sign language users

Earlier this year the Norwegian parliament passed a new language act that states that Norway is multilingual. For the first time, Norwegian sign language was recognised as the national sign language, equal to spoken and written Norwegian as a language and cultural expression.
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A long fight for an equal language

Having sign language recognised as an equal langue to the other national languages in Norway has been a long fight. The picture above is from a demonstration in 2007.

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