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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

  • 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

60 words and 0 phrases found.

Sauraseni Prākrit

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1); not yet reviewed by a native speaker.

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ab’addā bālā
bad girl

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ab’addō bālō
bad boy

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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aggē
before

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ahō
down

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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aṁ
yes

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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B
b’addā itt’ī
good woman

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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b’addā maṇussā
good men

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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b’addāō itt’īō
good women

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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b’addō maṇussō
good man

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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b’ajjā
wife

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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b’āyā
brother

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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bālō
child (young human)

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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C
ch’ālā
goats

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ch’ālī
female goat

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ch’ālō
male goat

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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cha
and

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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D
d’īā
daughter

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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d’īāō
daughters

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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dūrō
far

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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duvē vappā
two fathers

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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G
g’ōḍaō
stallion

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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g’ōḍayā
horses

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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g’ōḍiā
mare

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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g’ōḍiāō
mares

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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gachch’ –
go

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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gaïā
cow

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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gaüa
bulls

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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gaüāō
cows

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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gaüō
bull

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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H
hariṇā
deer

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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hariṇī
female deer

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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hariṇō
male deer

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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itt’ī
woman

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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K
kaō
why

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kiṁ
what

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kiṁtu
but

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kō
who

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kukkurā
dogs

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kukkurī
female dog

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kukkurīō
bitches

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Grierson's "Linguistic Survey of India" from 1928 (CLDF lsi v1.1). Grierson, George Abraham (1928): Linguistic Survey of India. Comparative Vocabulary. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. https://lsi.clld.org Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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