Slovak Sign Language
| Slovak Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Slovenský posunkový jazyk | |
| Native to | Slovakia |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2014) |
French Sign
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | svk |
| Glottolog | slov1263 |
The Slovak Sign Language (Slovak: Slovenský posunkový jazyk, SPJ) 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.
Despite the similarity of oral Slovak and Czech, SSL is not particularly close to Czech Sign Language.