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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

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-e
suffix
A suffix used to denote nouns that have a flat or thin physical characteristic.

“Paa-e.”

The flat layer.

Also means
  1. (forms nouns with a semantic quality of flatness or thinness)
  2. flat noun marker

Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.

Adapted
-hara
emphatic particle
An emphatic particle used to emphasize that something is exclusive or just a single instance.

“Ti-hara.”

Just that.

Also means
  1. only
  2. just

Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.

Adapted
-i
suffix
A suffix used to change a word into a noun that refers specifically to different types of meat.

“Kapa-i.”

The meat of the possum.

Also means
  1. (forms nouns for meats)
  2. meat noun marker

Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.

Adapted
-mede
suffix
A suffix used to form nouns that specifically refer to various kinds of trees and plants.

“Kuma-mede.”

The specific tree.

Also means
  1. (forms nouns referring to trees and plants)
  2. plant noun marker

Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.

Adapted
-ngi
suffix
A suffix added to words to indicate that the resulting noun refers to a bag or a container that is like a bag.

“Paa-ngi.”

The small bag.

Also means
  1. (forms nouns for bags and bag-like items)
  2. bag noun marker

Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.

Adapted
-pu
suffix
A suffix added to words to indicate an animate or living being.

“abanapu”

man

Also means
  1. forms animate nouns

Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.

Adapted
-ropo
suffix
This suffix is added to nouns to describe things that have several branches or points growing out from one main base.

“-ropo”

This suffix creates words for things like branched objects.

Also means
  1. forms nouns referring to objects which have a number of extensions or points branching from a single source
  2. a suffix forming nouns for objects with multiple extensions

Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.

Adapted
-si
suffix
A suffix used to create nouns that describe something based on its length or its specific location.

“Kusisi”

A long one

Also means
  1. forms nouns with semantic quality of length or location

Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.

Adapted
-ta
suffix
A suffix used to create nouns that describe something based on its shortness or its specific location.

“Kusita”

A short one

Also means
  1. forms nouns with semantic quality of shortness or location

Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.

Adapted
-vo
suffix
A suffix that identifies a noun as having a quality of being shapeless, fuzzy, or nebulous.

“Gala-vo.”

The shapeless mass.

Also means
  1. (forms nouns with quality of shapelessness or nebulosity)
  2. shapeless noun marker

Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.

Adapted
-zaro
determiner
A determiner used to specify a pair of something or to refer to all of a group.

“Tiapu zaro”

Two people

Also means
  1. two; pair of
  2. all

Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.

Adapted
A
abana
nominal root
The root word referring to a male person.

“Abana epe”

That man

Also means
  1. man

Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.

Adapted
abanapu
noun
A noun meaning a male human being.

“Abanapu koriki”

The man is walking

Also means
  1. man

Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.

Adapted

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