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 Gronings Sign Language is spoken in and around the municipality Groningen. It was specifically concentrated around the original deaf school in Groningen, ‘Instituut ter Onderwijzing van Dooven en Stommen’ (now known as the H.D. Guyot Institute).((Schermer, G. M. (2003). From Variant to Standard: An Overview of the Standardization Process of the Lexicon of Sign Language of the Netherlands over Two Decades. Sign Language Studies, 3(4), 469–486. https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2003.0017)) The exact size of the language area is unknown.  Gronings Sign Language is spoken in and around the municipality Groningen. It was specifically concentrated around the original deaf school in Groningen, ‘Instituut ter Onderwijzing van Dooven en Stommen’ (now known as the H.D. Guyot Institute).((Schermer, G. M. (2003). From Variant to Standard: An Overview of the Standardization Process of the Lexicon of Sign Language of the Netherlands over Two Decades. Sign Language Studies, 3(4), 469–486. https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2003.0017)) The exact size of the language area is unknown. 
-Because a large amount of NGT users from the northern region went to the H.D. Guyen Institute, it is likely that they use or are fmailiar with the Gronings Sign language. This is also more likely considering people from these regions often stayed here after draduating and still meet at deaf clubhouses or associations (Nederlands Gebarencentrum, personal communication, October 2nd 2025).+Because a large amount of NGT users from the northern region went to the H.D. Guyen Institute, it is likely that they use or are familiar with the Gronings Sign language. This is also more likely considering people from these regions often stayed here after graduating and still meet at deaf clubhouses or associations (Nederlands Gebarencentrum, personal communication, October 2nd 2025).
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 ====== Education of the language ====== ====== Education of the language ======
-While Gronings Sign Language has not been officially taught in the Netherlands, it has been closely tied to Sign Language Education in the Netherlands. The first school for the deaf was founded by Henri Daniël Guyot in 1790 in Groningen. Guyot visited  the school for deaf Children in 1784. Here he was taught the basic principles of teaching deaf children using French Sing Language. For this reason, an influence of French Sign Language can be found in Gronings Sign Language ((Schermer, G. M. (2003). From Variant to Standard: An Overview of the Standardization Process of the Lexicon of Sign Language of the Netherlands over Two Decades. Sign Language Studies, 3(4), 469–486. https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2003.0017)). From 1864 to 1980, the oral method was used at the institute. The actual enforcement of it was much more lenient. Deaf students were still allowed to communicate in sign and often met outside of school hours ((Klomp, U. (2022). A descriptive grammar of Sign Language of the Netherlands. Sign Language & Linguistics, 25(1), 110–119. https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.00064.klo))((Tijsseling, C. (2014). ‘School, waar?’: Een onderzoek naar de betekenis van het Nederlandse dovenonderwijs voor de Nederlandse dovengemeenschap, 1790-1990. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University.)) The H.D. Guyot institute still exists today and works together closely Het Clubhuis voor de Doven, a deaf clubhouse that organises activities for the Deaf community in Groningen.((Kentalis Guyotschool voor VSO | Kentalis. (n.d.). Retrieved 3 October 2025, from https://www.kentalis.nl/onze-scholen/kentalis-guyotschool-voor-vso))  +While Gronings Sign Language has not been officially taught in the Netherlands, it has been closely tied to Sign Language Education in the Netherlands. The first school for the deaf was founded by Henri Daniël Guyot in 1790 in Groningen. Guyot visited  the school for deaf Children in 1784. Here he was taught the basic principles of teaching deaf children using French Sing Language. For this reason, an influence of French Sign Language can be found in Gronings Sign Language ((Schermer, G. M. (2003). From Variant to Standard: An Overview of the Standardization Process of the Lexicon of Sign Language of the Netherlands over Two Decades. Sign Language Studies, 3(4), 469–486. https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2003.0017)). From 1864 to 1980, the oral method was used at the institute. The actual enforcement of it was much more lenient. Deaf students were still allowed to communicate in sign and often met outside of school hours ((Klomp, U. (2022). A descriptive grammar of Sign Language of the Netherlands. Sign Language & Linguistics, 25(1), 110–119. https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.00064.klo))((Tijsseling, C. (2014). ‘School, waar?’: Een onderzoek naar de betekenis van het Nederlandse dovenonderwijs voor de Nederlandse dovengemeenschap, 1790-1990. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University.)) The H.D. Guyot institute still exists today and works together closely Stichting Clubhuis voor Doven, a deaf institution that organises activities for the deaf community in Groningen.((Kentalis Guyotschool voor VSO | Kentalis. (n.d.). Retrieved 3 October 2025, from https://www.kentalis.nl/onze-scholen/kentalis-guyotschool-voor-vso))  
  
-Considering this, it is likely that while not being supported in the education system, the institute indirectly contributed to the spread and maintenance of the Gronings Sign Language until now. As mentioned previously, it also work together with het Clubhuis voor de Doven. This means that there is likely still transmission of Gronings Sign Language between older and younger generations.+Considering this, it is likely that while not being supported in the education system, the institute indirectly contributed to the spread and maintenance of the Gronings Sign Language until now. As mentioned previously, it also work together with Stichting Clubhuis voor Doven. This means that there is likely still transmission of Gronings Sign Language between older and younger generations.
 ===== Legislation of language education ===== ===== Legislation of language education =====
  
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 ==== Institutional support ==== ==== Institutional support ====
-There is no official instutional support for Groning Sign Language. There is however a +There is no official instutional support for Gronings Sign Language. There is however [[https://dovenclubhuis.nl/|Stichting Clubhuis voor Doven]], an institution that organises activities and provides a meeting place for the deaf community in Groningen. They additionally have a commission that seek to collect and document the history of all the deaf institutions in Groningen((Historie Doven Groningen | Stichting Clubhuis voor Doven. (n.d.). Retrieved 3 October 2025, from https://dovenclubhuis.nl/vercom/historie-doven-groningen/ 
 +)), and they also provide Dutch Sign Language courses.((Gebarencursus | Stichting Clubhuis voor Doven. (n.d.). Retrieved 3 October 2025, from https://dovenclubhuis.nl/gebarencursus/))
  
 ==== Financial support ==== ==== Financial support ====
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-==== adult education ==== +==== Adult education ==== 
-e.g.: +In the MDT courses offered by the NYT, Gronings gebarentaal is addressed (eg. Counting in Gronings Sign Language), but it is not the main focus of the course. The extent to which it is addressed is unknown as of Octobere 2025. ((Online leeromgeving. TYD. (n.d.). https://ngt.tyd.nl/))
-  * Are there courses available for adults? +
-  * which types of courses are these? +
-  * How many participants are there? +
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 ===== Online learning resources ===== ===== Online learning resources =====
  
-Please provide links to online learning resources. +NYT also offers online courses, but it is unknown as of October 2025 if this also contains a course on Gronings Sign Language specifically or only mentions a few signs. ((Cursus Gebarentaal in Verschillende Vormen en locaties door heel Nederland!. Cursus Gebarentaal in verschillende vormen en locaties door heel Nederland! (n.d.). https://www.tyd.nl/diensten))
-Feel free to add points, and to structure your information using chapter heading, e.g.:+
  
 ==== Organisations ==== ==== Organisations ====
 +  * [[https://dovenclubhuis.nl/|Stichting Clubhuis voor Doven]]
 ==== Online resources ==== ==== Online resources ====
 +  * [[https://signbank.cls.ru.nl/|Signbank]]    
 +  * [[https://www.corpusngt.nl/|CorpusNGT]]
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