Namibia: Deaf community calls for sign language recognition – News

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Published on 2025-03-18 18:24:34

Namibia’s deaf community is urging the incoming government to recognise sign language as a national language for better inclusivity.

Namibian National Association of the Deaf (NNAD) director Linekela Nanyeni says the new government should prioritise making sign language a national language.

Nanyeni says in the absence of this the country remains an unequal society.

He said this yesterday after the parliamentary standing committee on constitutional and legal affairs asked for sign…

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