Bulgarian Sign Language

BQN

vigorous

Dialects: None known. Different sign languages are used in school and by adults outside.

Genealogy:

Deaf sign language

Language Use: Since 1920. Primary schools for deaf people since 1898. Allowed in school since 1945. Interpreters are required in court; some available for college students. Instruction for parents of deaf children available. There is a committee on national sign language.

Language Development: Films. TV. Videos. Dictionary.

Typology: Finger-spelling system.

Nation of Origin: Bulgaria

Other Comments: There is a manual alphabet for spelling.