Dictionary of Signs: CSUN Gets Book, Gratitude of New Zealand Deaf
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Dictionary of Signs: CSUN Gets Book, Gratitude of New Zealand Deaf

The CSUN library is given a copy of ‘Introduction to New Zealand Sign Language’, the first published dictionary of the native language of New Zealand’s 6,000 deaf with 1,200 signs.

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Taonga source:
Los Angeles Times
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1987-001
Bibliographic source:
June 2, 1987, p.6
Author:
Doug Smith
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