Croatian Sign Language Explained

Croatian Sign Language
Nativename:Hrvatski znakovni jezik
States:Croatia
Speakers:6,500
Date:2019
Ref:e25
Speakers2:out of 20,000 deaf
Familycolor:Sign
Fam1:French Sign
Fam2:Austro-Hungarian Sign
Fam3:Yugoslav Sign
Iso3:csq
Glotto:croa1242
Glottorefname:Croatian Sign Language

Croatian Sign Language (HZJ[1] [2]) is a sign language of the deaf community in Croatia.[3] [4] 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.[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, Rijeka, 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Diane Brentari, Sign Languages, Cambridge University Press, 2010. (p.xix)
  2. Herbert L. Colston, Albert N. Katz; Figurative language comprehension, Routledge, 2005. (p.316)
  3. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=csq Croatian Sign Language
  4. http://www.mpr.gov.ba/userfiles/file/Biblioteka/zakoni/hr/Zakon%20o%20upotrebi%20znakovnog%20jezika/Zakon%20o%20uporabi%20znakovnog%20jezika-hr.pdf Zakon o uporabi znakovnog jezika u Bosnia i Hercegovini
  5. Bickford, J. Albert (2005) The Signed Languages of Eastern Europe, archived on Wayback Machine, 5 March 2016
  6. http://www.eud.eu/Croatia-i-177.html Croatia profile
  7. Cynthia J. Kellett Bidoli, Elana Ochse; English in International Deaf Communication, Peter Lang, 2008. (p.347)
  8. http://www.sciencestorm.com/award/0345314.html A Basic Grammar of Croatian Sign Language
  9. Web site: Zakon o Hrvatskoj Radioteleviziji . 2011-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180203070003/http://www.poslovni-savjetnik.com/propisi/mediji-hrvatska-radiotelevizija/zakon-o-hrvatskoj-radioteleviziji-vazeci-tekst-nn-br-13710 . 2018-02-03 . dead .
  10. Web site: Tečaj HZJ . 2011-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180422143914/http://www.dodir.hr/tecajhzj.php . 2018-04-22 . dead .
  11. Web site: Croatian Association of Deafblind Persons DODIR . 2011-02-25 . 2021-07-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210702191626/https://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/session9/HR/DODIR_HRCroatianAssociationofDeafblindPersons.pdf . dead .
  12. Information status and word order in Croatian Sign Language, Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, November–December2007; 21(11–12): 1007–1017.
  13. Web site: Single-handed alphabet . 2011-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180504172303/http://www.dodir.hr/jednorucna.php . 2018-05-04 . dead .
  14. Web site: Jednoručna abeceda . 2011-02-25 . 2012-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120920234023/http://www.hsgn.hr/jednorucnaabeceda.html . dead .

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