Slovak Sign Language

{{Short description|Deaf sign language of Slovakia}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Slovak Sign Language

| altname =

| states = Slovakia

| region =

| speakers = 15,000

| date = 2014

| ref = e18

| familycolor = Sign

| fam1 = French Sign

| fam2 = Austro-Hungarian Sign

| iso3 = svk

| glotto = slov1263

| glottorefname = Slovakian Sign Language

| nativename = Slovenský posunkový jazyk

}}

The Slovak Sign Language ({{Langx|sk|Slovenský posunkový jazyk}}, SPJ) is the sign language of the deaf community in Slovakia. It belongs to the French sign-language family. Bickford (2005) found that Slovak, Czech, and Hungarian Sign formed a cluster with Romanian, Bulgarian, and Polish Sign.Bickford, 2005. [http://www.sil.org/silesr/2005/silesr2005-026.pdf The Signed Languages of Eastern Europe]

Despite the similarity of oral Slovak and Czech, SSL is not particularly close to Czech Sign Language.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}