Croatian Sign Language
Croatian Sign Language | |
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Hrvatski znakovni jezik | |
Native to | Croatia |
Native speakers
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13,000 (2014)[1] out of 20,000 deaf |
French Sign
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | csq |
Glottolog | croa1242 [2] |
Croatian sign language (Hrvatski znakovni jezik, HZJ[3][4]) is a sign language of the deaf community in Croatia.[5][6] It is sometimes regarded as a dialect of Yugoslav Sign Language, although the dialectical diversity of the former Yugoslavia has not been assessed.[7]
The first school for the deaf in Croatia was formed in Zagreb in 1885.[8] The Sign Language and Deaf Culture conference was held in Zagreb, Croatia from May 3–5, 2001.[9] In 2004, a project to establish a grammar of HZJ was started by researchers at Purdue University and the University of Zagreb.[10]
By law Croatian Radiotelevision is to promote the translation of programs into HZJ.[11] Major centres of education in HZJ are found in Zagreb, Split, and Osijek.[12]
Organizations for the deaf in Croatia include the Croatian Association of Deafblind Persons DODIR, which was established in 1994.[13]
The basic word order in HZJ is subject–verb–object (SVO), as it is in spoken Croatian.[14] 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.[7][15][16]
References[edit]
- ^ Croatian Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Croatian Sign Language". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b 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[edit]
- (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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