Croatian Sign Language
| Croatian Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Hrvatski znakovni jezik | |
| Native to | Croatia |
Native speakers | (no estimate available) |
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French Sign
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | csq |
Croatian sign language (Hrvatski znakovni jezik, HZJ[1][2]) is a sign language of the deaf community in Croatia.[3][4] It is sometimes regarded as a dialect of Yugoslav Sign Language, although the dialectical diversity of the former Yugoslavia has not been assessed.[5]
The first school for the deaf in Croatia was formed in Zagreb in 1885.[6] The Sign Language and Deaf Culture conference was held in Zagreb, Croatia from May 3–5, 2001.[7] In 2004, a project to establish a grammar of HZJ was started by researchers at Purdue University and the University of Zagreb.[8]
By law Croatian Radiotelevision is to promote the translation of programs into HZJ.[9] Major centres of education in HZJ are found in Zagreb, Split, and Osijek.[10]
Organizations for the deaf in Croatia include the Croatian Association of Deafblind Persons DODIR, which was established in 1994.[11]
The basic word order in HZJ is subject–verb–object (SVO), as it is in spoken Croatian.[12] 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.[5][13][14]
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bickford, J. Albert (2005) The Signed Languages of Eastern Europe
- ↑ Croatia profile, 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
- ↑ Zakon o Hrvatskoj Radioteleviziji
- ↑ Tečaj HZJ
- ↑ Croatian Association of Deafblind Persons DODIR
- ↑ Information status and word order in Croatian Sign Language, Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, November–December 2007; 21(11–12): 1007–1017.
- ↑ Single-handed alphabet
- ↑ Jednoručna abeceda
External links
- (Croatian) Dictionary of Croatian Sign Language
- (Croatian) Croatian Deaf Portal.
- (Croatian) Croatian Association of Deafblind People Dodir.
- (Croatian) Croatian Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
- Possession and existence in three sign languages
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