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YugoslavianSignLanguage is a DeafSignLanguage of Yugoslavia. SIL code: YSL. ISO 639-2: sgn. Population: 30,000 users out of 60,000 deaf persons in the former larger Yugoslavia (1986 Gallaudet Univ.) Population: total both countries 30,000 (1986 Gallaudet University). Region: Also spoken in Slovenia. Dialects: SERBIAN SIGN LANGUAGE. Comments: Origin from deaf schools in Austria and Hungary. There are regional variants, but no problem in comprehension. Since 1979 there have been efforts to standardize. Slovenian Sign Language used in Slovenia is a dialect. First deaf school in 1840, but sign language is not used in schools. Interpreters are furnished in court. TV. Also used in: Slovenia (Language name: YUGOSLAVIAN SIGN LANGUAGE). Dialects: SLOVENIAN SIGN LANGUAGE. Comments: Related to Austrian and Hungarian sign languages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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