Croatia Sign Language

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A language of Croatia

ISO 639-3
csq
Alternate Names
CSL, HZJ, Hrvatski znakovni jezik
Population

12,000 (2010 Croatian Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing). Croatian Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing estimates 12,000 signers out of 20,000 deaf. 13,000 (2014 Union of Deaf of Zagreb). 17,500 (2014 IMB).

Location

Scattered.

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Sign language
Dialects

Origin from deaf schools in Austria and Hungary. In the past, regarded as a dialect of Yugoslavian Sign Language [ysl] (Bickford 2005); further research needed. One-handed fingerspelling system is similar to French Sign Language [fsl].

Typology

One-handed fingerspelling. Two-handed fingerspelling (Kuhn et al 2006:56).

Language Use

Deaf schools. Deaf associations.

Language Development
TV. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. Agency: Croatian Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HSGN).
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Croatia Sign Language
Writing

Unwritten documents [Zxxx].

Other Comments

L2 teaching materials, including for medical personnel. The first school for the deaf in Croatia was formed in Zagreb in 1885. 52 interpreters (2014 Union of Deaf of Zagreb). HZJ is recognized by the government and a law to provide educational protection and assistance is before Parliament (2014). L2 teaching materials, including for medical personnel. Christian.

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