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6,855 languages with published entries

Sign languages

40 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
Albanian Sign Language
31 published entries
Norwegian Sign Language
24 published entries
Hungarian Sign Language
24 published entries
Ethiopian Sign Language
23 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
Catalan Sign Language
6 published entries
Tunisian Sign Language
6 published entries
Russian Sign Language
5 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

Afrikaans

May include AI-generated content. Most words have not yet been reviewed by a native speaker.

Afrikaans

put

noun

A deep hole in the ground from which water or another substance is obtained.

“Hulle grawe 'n diep put vir water.”

They are digging a deep well for water.

Also means

well; pit
well

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

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Afrikaans

sit[sət]Means put

verb

To rest with one's weight supported by the buttocks; also used to mean placing or putting something somewhere.

“Sit asseblief.”

Please sit down.

Also means

to sit; to be in a sitting position (usually used with op, binne or in)
to sit; to sit down to move into a sitting position
to place, to put
to deposit
to sit

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

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Afrikaans

brief[brif]Appears in an example

noun

A written message sent from one person to another, usually through the post.

“Ek het 'n brief in die posbus gesit.”

I put a letter in the mailbox.

Also means

letter (written message)
letter

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

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