Czech Sign Language Explained

Czech Sign Language
States:Czech Republic
Region:Central Europe
Speakers:12,000
Date:2011 census
Ref:e18
Speakers2:10,000 (2014)
Familycolor:Sign
Fam1:French Sign
Fam2:Austro-Hungarian Sign
Iso3:cse
Glotto:czec1253
Glottorefname:Czech Sign Language
Nativename:Český znakový jazyk

Czech Sign Language (ČZJ) is the sign language of the deaf community in the Czech Republic. It presumably emerged around the time of the first deaf school in Bohemia (1786). It belongs to the French sign-language family and is partially intelligible with French sign language.[1] Despite the similarity of oral Czech and Slovak, it is not particularly close to Slovak Sign Language.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Czech Sign Language Ethnologue.