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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

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    60 published entries

  • German Sign Language

    60 published entries

  • Czech Sign Language

    60 published entries

  • Swiss-French Sign Language

    60 published entries

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    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

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    54 published entries

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    50 published entries

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    48 published entries

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    42 published entries

  • Egypt Sign Language

    40 published entries

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    39 published entries

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    33 published entries

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    24 published entries

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    24 published entries

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    21 published entries

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    19 published entries

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    16 published entries

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    11 published entries

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    11 published entries

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    11 published entries

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    9 published entries

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    7 published entries

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    6 published entries

  • New Zealand Sign Language

    5 published entries

  • Italian Sign Language

    5 published entries

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    5 published entries

  • Saudi Arabian Sign Language

    5 published entries

  • Argentine Sign Language

    4 published entries

  • Adamorobe Sign Language

    2 published entries

  • Russian Sign Language

    1 published entry

  • Albanian Sign Language

    1 published entry

  • Catalan Sign Language

    1 published entry

  • Ethiopian Sign Language

    1 published entry

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-la
suffix
A suffix added to words to make them sound smaller, more affectionate, or to mean 'only' or 'just about'.

“Šuŋkala kiŋ líla wašté.”

The little puppy is very good.

Also means
  1. diminutive modifier
  2. modifier to denote affection
  3. modifier to denote 'only' or 'just about'
  4. diminutive suffix

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 6 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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-ni
suffix
This is a suffix added to words to make the meaning negative. It helps indicate that something is not the case.

“Wićháya kte sni.”

He will not kill the man.

Also means
  1. used to denote a negation.
  2. negation suffix

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 6 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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-pi
suffix
This suffix is attached to animate nouns to indicate that there is more than one of them.

“mitakuyepi”

my relatives

Also means
  1. plural marker for animate nouns

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 6 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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-ta
suffix
This is a suffix attached to nouns to indicate a location. It shows where something is located or where movement is directed.

“maȟpíya (“sky”) + -ta → maȟpíyata (“in the sky”)”

In the sky.

Also means
  1. to, at, on, in

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 6 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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A
aǧúyapi
noun
bread (baked good)

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

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Aŋpétu Tȟokáhe
noun
Monday

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

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Aŋpétu Tȟokáheya
noun
Monday

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

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Aŋpétu Wakȟáŋ
noun
Sunday

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

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Aŋpétu Záptaŋ
noun
Friday

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

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apé
noun
leaf, needle (of a tree)
Also means
  1. blade of grass
  2. fin (of a fish); wing (of an insect)

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

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asáŋpi
noun
milk

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

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asáŋpi sutá
noun
cheese

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

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asáŋpi-glí
noun
butter

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

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até
noun
Refers to one's own father.

“Até kiŋ hé wíčhala.”

That is my father.

Also means
  1. my father

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 6 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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azé
noun
breast
Also means
  1. teet
  2. udder

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

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B
ble
noun
A large body of water surrounded by land.

“Ble waŋ blayela.”

A lake is flat.

Also means
  1. lake

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 6 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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blé
noun
A large body of water surrounded by land.

“Blé waŋblaka.”

I see a lake.

Also means
  1. lake

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 6 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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blokáska
noun
to hiccup, have hiccups

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

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blokétu
noun
summer

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

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Č
čhaeglépi
noun
steps, yards

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

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čhaǧa
noun
ice

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

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čháŋ
conj
whenever
Also means
  1. always, at that time

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

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čhaŋháŋpi
noun
sugar

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

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čhaŋkú[chahn-KOO]
noun
road, path, trail

“Čhaŋkú kiŋ lená waštéšte.”

These roads are good.

Example written by AI, not from the source.

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Čhaŋnápȟopa wí
noun
February (second month of the year, having 28 days).

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

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čhaŋwápe
noun
tree leaf, leafy branch

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

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Čhaŋwápe ǧí wí
noun
September (ninth month of the year, having 30 days).

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

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Čhaŋwápe kasná wí
noun
October (tenth month of the year, having 31 days).

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

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čheží
noun
tongue

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

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čiŋ
article
An older, archaic form of the definite article 'kiŋ' that was commonly used before the 1950s.

“Wawóyuspe čiŋ oyúspapi”

The police caught him.

Also means
  1. Archaic form of the definite article kiŋ; common pre-1950s.
  2. the

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 6 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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E
emáčiyapi
phrase
my name is ... (I am called ...)

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

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G
gnašká
noun
frog

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

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Ǧ
ǧí
adj
brown

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

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H
háŋ
particle
yes

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

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háu
intj
hello, hi (used by men only)

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

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he
particle
This is a word used at the end of a sentence to turn it into a question. It is specifically used by female speakers in formal settings.

“Mázaškaŋškaŋ tóna he?”

What time is it?

Also means
  1. question-marking particle used by females in formal speech
  2. question-marking particle

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 6 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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héčheš
adv
thus it is/was/happened indeed, and so it is/was

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

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hí
noun
A hard, white object in the mouth used for chewing.

“Hí kiŋ čhaŋtéya wašté.”

The tooth is very good.

Also means
  1. tooth

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 6 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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híŋhaŋni laȟči
phrase
good morning

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

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hoǧáŋ
noun
fish
Also means
  1. catfish

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

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