Slovakian Sign Language

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A language of Slovakia

ISO 639-3
svk
Alternate Names
Slovak Republic Sign Language, Slovak Sign Language, Slovnik Posunkovej Reci, Slovník Posunkovej Reči
User Population

15,000 (2021 EUD). About 0.3% of total population. Another estimate: 27,000 (2014 IMB).

Location

Scattered.

Language Status

5 (Developing). Recognized language (1995, Law on the Sign Language of the Deaf 149).

Classification
Sign language, Deaf community sign language
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: approximately 50% with Czech Sign Language [cse] (Bickford 2005).

Typology

One-handed fingerspelling.

Language Use

Deaf schools, associations, athletic clubs, theater group. Used by all.

Language Development

TV. Dictionary. Agency: Slovak Association of the Deaf (ANEPS).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Slovakian Sign Language
Other Comments

Fingerspelling system similar to French Sign Language [fsl]. 35 working sign language interpreters (2019 EUD). Courses for hearing people. Christian.