Czech Sign Language
| Czech Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Český znakový jazyk | |
| Native to | Czech Republic |
| Region | Central Europe |
Native speakers | 12,000 (2011 census)[1] 10,000 (2014)[1] |
French Sign
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cse |
| Glottolog | czec1253 |
| ELP | Czech Sign Language |
Czech Sign Language (Czech: Český znakový jazyk, 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.[2] Despite the similarity of oral Czech and Slovak, it is not particularly close to Slovak Sign Language.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Czech Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Czech Sign Language | Ethnologue".
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