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The '''Slovak Sign Language''' is the [[sign language]] of the [[deaf]] community in [[Slovakia]]. It belongs to the French sign-language family. Bickford (2005) found that Slovak, Czech, and Hungarian Sign formed a cluster with Romanian, Bulgarian, and Polish Sign.<ref>Bickford, 2005. [http://www.sil.org/silesr/2005/silesr2005-026.pdf ''The Signed Languages of Eastern Europe'']</ref> |
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Despite the similarity of their oral languages, the sign languages of Slovakia and |
Despite the similarity of their oral languages, the sign languages of Slovakia and the Czech Republic are not particularly close. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 18:49, 6 August 2012
| Slovak Sign Language | |
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| Slovakian Sign | |
| Native to | Slovakia |
Native speakers | [1] |
French Sign
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | svk |
The Slovak Sign Language is the sign language of the deaf community in Slovakia. It belongs to the French sign-language family. Bickford (2005) found that Slovak, Czech, and Hungarian Sign formed a cluster with Romanian, Bulgarian, and Polish Sign.[2]
Despite the similarity of their oral languages, the sign languages of Slovakia and the Czech Republic are not particularly close.
References
- ^ Slovak Sign Language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ^ Bickford, 2005. The Signed Languages of Eastern Europe
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