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Macedonian Sign Language ( mk, македонски знаковен јазик, translit=makedonski znakoven jazik or mk, македонски гестовен јазик, links=no, translit=makedonski gestoven jazik, label=none) is the
sign language Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulation in combination with non-manual markers. Sign ...
of the deaf community in
North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...
.Macedonian sign language
/ref> As all sign languages, Macedonian Sign Language is based on gestures and body movements, particularly movements with the hands. The precise number of signers in North Macedonia is not known, but 6,000 people request signed news on Macedonian television. The learning and the usage of the language, as well as the rights of the deaf community in North Macedonia are regulated by a national law.
Закон за употреба на знаковниот јазик, Службен весник на Република Македонија, број 105, 21 август 2009, Скопје
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Alphabet

The alphabet is made of 31 signs, which is equal to the 31 sounds of Macedonian. Each letter has its own sign. There are two types of the alphabet; the alphabet expressed with one hand and alphabet expressed with two hands.The Macedonian sign alphabet
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Regulation

Macedonian Sign language is regulated by a national law on 21 August 2009. Macedonian law defines it as following: However, the law includes several things, such as: defining the language itself, the rights of the deaf people of North Macedonia, studying the language and preparing adequate interpreters, it defines the tasks of the National Association of Deaf People of North Macedonia and its financing and it secures proper implementation of the right of the deaf people. Basically, each individual is allowed to request a Sign language interpreter and the institution where such request has been made, or the individual itself, is obliged to find one.


References


External links


Macedonian sign alphabet
on the site of NADPM.
National association of deaf people of Macedonia

MTV launches news for the deaf people
on Macedonian. Sign languages Macedonian culture Languages of North Macedonia {{Macedonia-stub