Yugoslavian Sign Language
A language of Serbia
| Population | 30,000 users out of 60,000 deaf persons in former larger Yugoslavia (Van Cleve 1986). |
| Region | Also in Slovenia. |
| Alternate names | Slovenian Sign Language |
| Dialects | Serbian Sign Language. Origin from deaf schools in Austria and Hungary. Regional variants, but adequate comprehension. Efforts to standardize since 1979. Slovenian Sign Language [ysl] used in Slovenia is dialect. |
| Classification | Deaf sign language |
| Language use | First deaf school in 1840, but sign language not used in schools. Interpreters furnished in court. |
| Language development | TV. |
Also spoken in:
Slovenia
| Language name | Yugoslavian Sign Language |
| Dialects | Slovenian Sign Language. |
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