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6,861 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

  • Catalan Sign Language

    12 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

  • 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

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    4 published entries

  • Adamorobe Sign Language

    2 published entries

6 words and 0 phrases found.

Cornish

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Cornish
bal
noun
The act of digging or a place where mining occurs.

“Yma an den orth an bal.”

The man is at the mine.

Also means
  1. digging
  2. mine

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Cornish
ball
noun
A word referring to a pest or a plague.

“Yma ball war an garth.”

There is a plague on the field.

Also means
  1. pest
  2. plague

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Cornish
balle
noun
A form of artistic dance performed to music.

“Donsya balle yw gweyth kales.”

Dancing ballet is hard work.

Also means
  1. ballet

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Cornish
kobalt
noun
A hard, silvery-white metallic element used in alloys.

“Yma nebes kobalt y'n horn.”

There is some cobalt in the iron.

Also means
  1. cobalt

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Cornish
pal[paːl]Appears in an example
noun
A hand tool used for digging or moving soil and earth.

“Kemer an bal rag palas an garth.”

Take the spade to dig the garden.

Also means
  1. spade

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Cornish
pigAppears in an example
noun
A tool with a heavy, pointed metal head used for breaking up hard ground or rock.

“An bal gweythores a usya hy fyk dhe dhewynya an garrek.”

The mine worker used her pick to break the rock.

Also means
  1. pick
  2. pickaxe

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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