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4,562 languages with published entries

Sign languages

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

  • British Sign Language

    117 published entries

  • American Sign Language

    50 published entries

  • Argentine Sign Language

    4 published entries

  • Adamorobe Sign Language

    2 published entries

West African Pidgin

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

NGWest African Pidgin
sabi[ˈsæbi]
verb
to know

“You sabi how to cook jollof rice?”

Do you know how to cook jollof rice?

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NGWest African Pidgin
Sabi person[sa-bi-per-son]
noun
Expert / Knowledgeable Academic
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NGWest African Pidgin
Over-sabi[o-va-sa-bi]
adjective
A know-it-all or someone who is overly assertive

“I no like that over-sabi boy.”

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NGWest African Pidgin
yus[juz]Appears in an example
verb
to use

“Sabi person know how to yus biro.”

A clever person knows how to use a pen.

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NGWest African Pidgin
Lepa[le-pa]Appears in an example
adjective
A thin or slender person

“That lepa girl sabi dance well.”

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NGWest African Pidgin
belle(belle)[bɛl]Appears in an example
noun
A quality that pleases the senses or mind aesthetically; pleasant appearance.

“E be belle wey dem sabi get.”

She is a beauty that everyone knows.

Also means
  1. beauty
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NGWest African Pidgin
oranj(oranj)[ˈɔrɪndʒ]Appears in an example
adjective
the color orange

“I sabi how to mix oranj paint.”

I know how to mix orange paint.

Also means
  1. orange
AI-generated
NGWest African Pidgin
sista(sista)[sis-ta]Appears in an example
noun
A female sibling.

“Mi sista sabi sing.”

My sister knows how to sing.

Related: sibling

Also means
  1. sister
AI-generated
NGWest African Pidgin
SmallieAppears in an example
noun
A younger person or someone small in stature

“Dat smallie sabi work well-well.”

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NGWest African Pidgin
nurturer(nurturer)[ˈnɜːr.tʃər.ər]Appears in an example
noun
One who helps children grow and develop

“My mama na nurturer; she sabi care for pikin well.”

My mother is a nurturer; she knows how to care for children well.

Also means
  1. nurturer
AI-generated
NGWest African Pidgin
Ajebutter[a-je-but-ter]Appears in an example
noun
A person raised in a wealthy or sheltered environment

“He be ajebutter, he no sabi street life.”

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NGWest African Pidgin
pounded yam[pown-ded yam]Appears in an example
noun
pounded yam

“I sabi how to make pounded yam well.”

I know how to make pounded yam well.

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