Slovakian Sign Language

A language of Slovakia

ISO 639: svk
Alternate Names: Slovak Republic Sign Language, Slovak Sign Language, Slovnik Posunkovej Reci, Slovník Posunkovej Reči
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).
Other Comments: Fingerspelling system similar to French Sign Language [fsl]. 35 working sign language interpreters (2019 EUD). Courses for hearing people. Christian.

Location: Scattered.