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