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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
4 published entries
Adamorobe Sign Language
2 published entries

Upper Sorbian

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Upper Sorbian

nanaj[ˈnanaj]

noun

This word is the dual form of the noun for father, used specifically when referring to exactly two fathers.

“Dwojaj nanaj dźědźitej ze sobu.”

The two fathers are walking together.

Also means

nominative/vocative dual of nan
two fathers

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

Adapted

Upper Sorbian

nanajněmiši[ˈnanajnɪmiʃi]

adj

An emphatic superlative form used to express the highest possible degree of being mute or silent.

“Wón so jara krótko praji, nanajněmiši je.”

He speaks very briefly, he is the most silent of all.

Also means

superlative degree of němy
the most mute

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

Adapted

Upper Sorbian

wašemuAppears in an example

det

This is a form of the possessive pronoun your, used specifically with masculine or neuter singular nouns in the dative case.

“Podaj to wašemu nanaj.”

Give this to your father.

Also means

masculine/neuter dative singular of waš
your

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

Adapted

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