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Deaf sign language of Croatia
Croatian sign language (Hrvatski znakovni jezik , HZJ
[2]
[3] ) is a
sign language of the
deaf community in
Croatia .
[4]
[5] 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.
[6]
The first school for the deaf in Croatia was formed in Zagreb in 1885.
[7] The Sign Language and Deaf Culture conference was held in
Zagreb , Croatia from May 3–5, 2001.
[8] In 2004, a project to establish a grammar of HZJ was started by researchers at
Purdue University and the
University of Zagreb .
[9]
By law
Croatian Radiotelevision is to promote the translation of programs into HZJ.
[10] Major centres of education in HZJ are found in Zagreb,
Split ,
Rijeka , and
Osijek .
[11]
Organizations for the deaf in Croatia include the Croatian Association of Deafblind Persons DODIR , which was established in 1994.
[12]
The basic word order in HZJ is
subject–verb–object (SVO), as it is in
spoken Croatian .
[13] 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.
[6]
[14]
[15]
References
^
a
b
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
^
a
b 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 .
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^a Sign-language names reflect the region of origin. Natural sign languages are not related to the spoken language used in the same region. For example, French Sign Language originated in France, but is not related to French. Conversely,
ASL and
BSL both originated in English-speaking countries but are not related to each other; ASL however is related to
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