Macedonian Sign Language (Macedonian: македонски знаковен јазик, romanized: makedonski znakoven jazik or македонски гестовен јазик, makedonski gestoven jazik) is the sign language of the deaf community in North Macedonia.
The precise number of signers in North Macedonia is not known, but 6,000 people request signed news on Macedonian television.
[1] 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.
The language is a visual system of signs, that understands special positions, directions and movements of hands and fingers and mimicry on the face.
[5]However, the law includes several things, such as defining the language itself, defining the rights of the deaf people of North Macedonia, studying the language, preparing interpreters, defining the tasks of the National Association of Deaf People of North Macedonia and its financing, and securing implementation of the rights of the deaf people.