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This article can help you answer the following questions:
What sign languages are used in Bosnia and Herzegovia?
How do you say Bosnia and Herzegovia in sign language?
What Deaf organizations are located in Bosnia and Herzegovia?
What additional sign language resources are there for Bosnia and Herzegovia?
Where is Bosnia and Herzegovia?
How many Deaf / Hard of Hearing people are in Bosnia and Herzegovia?
There are an estimated 105,600 Deaf and Hard of Hearing in the Bosnia and Herzegovia.
This percentage is a rough estimation: 3.3% of the general population. Lack of research make estimating these numbers difficult. The World Health Organization estimates 5% of the world population has significant hearing loss. Keep in mind that developing nations typically have a much higher number of Deaf and Hard of Hearing populations.
What sign languages are used in Bosnia and Herzegovia?
Bosnian Sign Language (dialect of Yugoslav Sign Language)
Written / spoken languages in Bosnia and Herzegovia:
Bosnian
Croatian
Serbian
How do you say Bosnia and Herzegovia in sign language?
Where can I learn Bosnian Sign Language online?
This language is not yet available. If you would like to learn this language, please request it here: https://www.intersignuniversity.com/sign-languages
InterSign University offers many international sign language courses. Check them out here:
What Deaf organizations are located in Bosnia and Herzegovia?
Association of the Hearing Impaired of Bosnia/Herzegovina
Source: Gallaudet
Additional sign language resources for Bosnia and Herzegovia
We will update this section as more information becomes available.