Native to Hungary ISO 639-3 hsh | Native speakers 9,000 (2014) Glottolog hung1263 | |
Region Throughout Hungary, with possibly a few signers in western Romania Language family French Sign
Austro-Hungarian Sign
Hungarian Sign Language | ||
Hungarian Sign Language is the sign language of Deaf people in Hungary. There is historical evidence that Hungarian and Austrian Sign Language are related, but Bickford (2005) found that Hungarian, Slovak, and Czech Sign formed a cluster with Romanian, Bulgarian, and Polish Sign rather than with Austrian.
In November 2009 the Hungarian Parliament unanimously passed an act on Hungarian Sign Language and The Protection of Hungarian Sign Language.
The National Association of the Hungarian Deaf is called SINOSZ.
References
Hungarian Sign Language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA