| Croatian Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Hrvatski znakovni jezik | |
| Native to | Croatia |
| Native speakers | 6,500 (2019) out of 20,000 deaf |
| Language family | French Sign
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | csq |
| Glottolog | croa1242 |
Croatian Sign Language (Croatian: Hrvatski znakovni jezik, HZJ) is a sign language of the deaf community in Croatia. It has in the past been regarded as a dialect of Yugoslav Sign Language, although the dialectical diversity of the former Yugoslavia has not been assessed.
The first school for the deaf in Croatia was formed in Zagreb in 1885. The Sign Language and Deaf Culture conference was held in Zagreb, Croatia from May 3–5, 2001. In 2004, a project to establish a grammar of HZJ was started by researchers at Purdue University and the University of Zagreb.
By law Croatian Radiotelevision is to promote the translation of programs into HZJ. Major centres of education in HZJ are found in Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, and Osijek.
Organizations for the deaf in Croatia include the Croatian Association of Deafblind Persons DODIR, which was established in 1994.
The basic word order in HZJ is subject–verb–object (SVO), as it is in spoken Croatian. A two-handed manual alphabet is in widespread use; a one-handed alphabet based on the international manual alphabet, though less commonly used, has official status.
References
- ^ Croatian Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- Diane Brentari, Sign Languages, Cambridge University Press, 2010. (p.xix)
- Herbert L. Colston, Albert N. Katz; Figurative language comprehension, Routledge, 2005. (p.316)
- Croatian Sign Language, Ethnologue
- Zakon o uporabi znakovnog jezika u Bosnia i Hercegovini
- ^ Bickford, J. Albert (2005) The Signed Languages of Eastern Europe, archived on Wayback Machine, 5 March 2016
- Croatia profile Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, The European Union of the Deaf
- Cynthia J. Kellett Bidoli, Elana Ochse; English in International Deaf Communication, Peter Lang, 2008. (p.347)
- A Basic Grammar of Croatian Sign Language Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- "Zakon o Hrvatskoj Radioteleviziji". Archived from the original on 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- "Tečaj HZJ". Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
- "Croatian Association of Deafblind Persons DODIR" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- Information status and word order in Croatian Sign Language, Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, November–December 2007; 21(11–12): 1007–1017.
- "Single-handed alphabet". Archived from the original on 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- "Jednoručna abeceda". Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
External links
- (in Croatian) Dictionary of Croatian Sign Language
- (in Croatian) Croatian Deaf Portal.
- (in Croatian) Croatian Association of Deafblind People Dodir.
- (in Croatian) Croatian Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
- Possession and existence in three sign languages
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