Bulgarian Sign Language

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Bulgarian Sign Language is the natural visual-gestural language used by the Deaf community in Bulgaria, with its own grammar and vocabulary distinct from spoken Bulgarian.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf natural language
sign language
alsoUsedBy hearing signers in Bulgaria
canBeInterpretedFrom spoken Bulgarian
canBeInterpretedInto spoken Bulgarian
communicationChannel face-to-face interaction
country Bulgaria
hasAcquisitionType first language for many Deaf Bulgarians
second language for some hearing Bulgarians
hasAlternativeName BGS (abbreviation) NERFINISHED
hasCommunity Bulgarian Deaf community
hasDistinctGrammarFrom spoken Bulgarian
hasDistinctLexiconFrom spoken Bulgarian
hasGrammarType distinct from spoken Bulgarian grammar
hasLinguisticModality manual-visual
hasLinguisticStructure morphology
phonology
semantics
syntax
hasStatus minority language in Bulgaria
hasVocabularyType distinct from spoken Bulgarian vocabulary
hasWordOrder flexible word order
isNot dialect of another national sign language
manually coded form of spoken Bulgarian
ISO639-3Code bqn
isPartOf Bulgarian Deaf culture
languageFamily sign language family
modality gestural
visual
primaryUsers Deaf people in Bulgaria
region Bulgaria NERFINISHED
usedBy Deaf community in Bulgaria
usedIn Deaf associations in Bulgaria
Deaf education in Bulgaria
informal communication among Deaf Bulgarians
uses body posture
facial expressions
handshapes
locations in signing space
movements
writingSystem no standard written form

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Bulgarian Deaf community primaryLanguage Bulgarian Sign Language
Bulgarian Deaf community usesLanguage Bulgarian Sign Language