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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

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24 words and 0 phrases found.

Gweda

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists); not yet reviewed by a native speaker.

A
ayela
spear

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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B
belama
louse

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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bihia
banana

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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D
degena
root

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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donana
horn

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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dowa
earth

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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E
eagi
tree

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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eta
path

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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G
gaima
stone

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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gelaha
sand

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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I
iana
fish

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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K
kaitom
rat

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kedewa
dog

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kuiakui
cassowary

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kʷelo
frog

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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L
luguna
leaf

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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M
magʷalana
pig

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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maliboi
flying fox

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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manua
bird

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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O
oya
mountain

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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P
papeina
wing

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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pehe
seed

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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W
waila
water

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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woida
yam

Recorded forms from Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages (Ross) (CLDF rosswordlists). Ross, Malcolm. 2023. Wordlist files of lexical data from Papua New Guinea and western Solomons Oceanic languages collated for Ross's 1986 PhD thesis and 1988 publication thereof. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878855 https://zenodo.org/records/7878855 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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