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6,248 languages with published entries
Sign languages
36 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
Norwegian Sign Language
24 published entries
Hungarian Sign Language
24 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
Tunisian Sign Language
6 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
Albanian Sign Language
Awaiting its first signs — count not yet read
Catalan Sign Language
Awaiting its first signs — count not yet read
Ethiopian Sign Language
Awaiting its first signs — count not yet read
Russian Sign Language
Awaiting its first signs — count not yet read
Basum
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1); not yet reviewed by a native speaker.
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v21 from 2025 (CLDF asjp v21.1). Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org/ Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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