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36 sign languages with signs. Signs are shown in SignWriting, never as notation.

  • British Sign Language

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  • Yugoslavian Sign Language

    60 published entries

  • Philippine Sign Language

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  • German Sign Language

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  • Maltese Sign Language

    60 published entries

  • Polish Sign Language

    60 published entries

  • Singapore Sign Language

    60 published entries

  • South African Sign Language

    55 published entries

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    54 published entries

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    50 published entries

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    48 published entries

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    42 published entries

  • Egypt Sign Language

    40 published entries

  • Paraguayan Sign Language

    39 published entries

  • Spanish Sign Language

    33 published entries

  • Norwegian Sign Language

    24 published entries

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    21 published entries

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    19 published entries

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    16 published entries

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    11 published entries

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    9 published entries

  • Peruvian Sign Language

    7 published entries

  • Tunisian Sign Language

    6 published entries

  • New Zealand Sign Language

    5 published entries

  • Italian Sign Language

    5 published entries

  • Swiss-German Sign Language

    5 published entries

  • Saudi Arabian Sign Language

    5 published entries

  • Argentine Sign Language

    4 published entries

  • Adamorobe Sign Language

    2 published entries

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West African Pidgin

Recorded forms from the ASJP Database; not yet reviewed by a native speaker.

NGWest African Pidgin
So[so]
noun
Sore

“Di so dey hil smoll-smoll.”

The sore is healing gradually.

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NGWest African Pidgin
sofa(sofa)[ˈsəʊfə]
noun
A comfortable seat wide enough for several people to sit on.

“Di sofa for di living room dey soft.”

The sofa for the living room is soft.

Related: couch, settee

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NGWest African Pidgin
Soft[sohft]
adjective
Soft

“Dis bread soft pass the one wey I buy yesterday.”

This bread is softer than the one I bought yesterday.

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NGWest African Pidgin
sorrow(sorrow)[ˈsɒrəʊ]
noun
A feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune.

“She dey carry sorrow for her face.”

She has sadness on her face.

Also means
  1. sadness
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NGWest African Pidgin
step-son(step-son)[ˈstɛp.sən]
noun
The son of one's spouse by a previous marriage

“I get step-son wey dey follow my wife.”

I have a stepson who follows my wife.

Also means
  1. step-son
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