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6,247 languages with published entries

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

  • British Sign Language

    117 published entries

  • Yugoslavian Sign Language

    60 published entries

  • Philippine Sign Language

    60 published entries

  • Nicaraguan Sign Language

    60 published entries

  • German Sign Language

    60 published entries

  • Czech Sign Language

    60 published entries

  • Swiss-French Sign Language

    60 published entries

  • Brazilian Sign Language

    60 published entries

  • 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

  • Mexican Sign Language

    54 published entries

  • American Sign Language

    50 published entries

  • Taiwan Sign Language

    48 published entries

  • Quebec Sign Language

    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

  • Hungarian Sign Language

    24 published entries

  • French Sign Language

    21 published entries

  • Thai Sign Language

    19 published entries

  • Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language

    16 published entries

  • Japanese Sign Language

    11 published entries

  • Colombian Sign Language

    11 published entries

  • Romanian Sign Language

    11 published entries

  • Korean Sign Language

    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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Afrikaans

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Afrikaans
meer
noun
A large body of water that is surrounded by land.

“Ons gaan swem in die meer.”

We are going to swim in the lake.

Also means
  1. lake

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

Adapted
Afrikaans
hijAppears in an example
pron
This is an old-fashioned way of spelling the word for he.

“Die woord hij word nie meer in moderne Afrikaans gebruik nie.”

The word hij is no longer used in modern Afrikaans.

Also means
  1. obsolete spelling of hy

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Afrikaans
miljoenAppears in an example
noun
The number represented by a one followed by six zeros; one thousand times one thousand.

“Daar is meer as 'n miljoen mense in die stad.”

There are more than a million people in the city.

Also means
  1. million

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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