Sign languages of the world
163 sign languages, each with where it is signed and the family it belongs to. Their signs are shown by Glottosphere's own computer-animated signers: a short video for every sign, and a 3D view where you can turn the signer around, slow the sign down, or load your own avatar.
Signed here
- German Sign Language9,272 entries
- Brazilian Sign Language9,105 entries
- Spanish Sign Language3,368 entries
- Korean Sign Language1,930 entries
- American Sign Language546 entries
One word, every sign language
The same word side by side in each sign language signed here, and on one signer in 3D.
- woman · 5
- two · 5
- three · 5
- star · 5
- bird · 5
- mother · 5
- child · 5
- night · 5
- six · 5
- cat · 5
- eat · 5
- red · 5
- black · 5
- sleep · 5
- good · 5
- drink · 5
- wife · 5
- i · 5
- new · 5
- face · 5
- door · 5
- see · 5
- money · 5
- go · 5
- time · 5
- know · 5
- give · 5
- animal · 5
- word · 5
- yesterday · 5
- brother · 5
- cold · 5
- tomorrow · 5
- old · 5
- today · 5
- write · 5
- sister · 5
- bad · 5
- laugh · 5
- now · 5
- coffee · 5
- buy · 5
- world · 5
- table · 5
- apple · 5
- evening · 5
- read · 5
- family · 5
- live · 5
- hot · 5
- play · 5
- short · 5
- not · 5
- want · 5
- wash · 5
- beautiful · 5
- onion · 5
- call · 5
- throw · 5
- tuesday · 5
On the way
Sign languages whose dictionaries write their signs in SignWriting, a script for how a sign is made. A program turns the writing into movement for the signers; each language opens once a sample of its signs has been checked.
- Quebec Sign Language · 12,086 in SignWriting
- Swiss-French Sign Language · 9,938 in SignWriting
- Flemish Sign Language · 8,969 in SignWriting
- Norwegian Sign Language · 6,494 in SignWriting
- Czech Sign Language · 5,863 in SignWriting
- Swiss-German Sign Language · 4,745 in SignWriting
- Tunisian Sign Language · 4,519 in SignWriting
- Yugoslavian Sign Language · 3,799 in SignWriting
- French Belgian Sign Language · 3,465 in SignWriting
- Catalan Sign Language · 3,422 in SignWriting
- Honduras Sign Language · 3,401 in SignWriting
- Paraguayan Sign Language · 3,061 in SignWriting
- Maltese Sign Language · 2,833 in SignWriting
- International Sign · 2,560 in SignWriting
- Polish Sign Language · 2,144 in SignWriting
- Argentine Sign Language · 1,870 in SignWriting
- Mexican Sign Language · 1,731 in SignWriting
- Nicaraguan Sign Language · 1,725 in SignWriting
- French Sign Language · 1,481 in SignWriting
- Russian Sign Language · 1,435 in SignWriting
- Colombian Sign Language · 1,286 in SignWriting
- Italian Sign Language · 1,222 in SignWriting
- Singapore Sign Language · 1,122 in SignWriting
Europe (42)
| Sign language | Countries | Family | Signs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian Sign Language | Albania | Unclassified | |
| Austrian Sign Language | Austria | French Sign Language family | |
| British Sign Language | United Kingdom | British Sign Language family | |
| Bulgarian Sign Language | Bulgaria | French Sign Language family | |
| Catalan Sign Language | Spain | Spanish Sign Language family | on the way |
| Croatia Sign Language | Croatia | French Sign Language family | |
| Czech Sign Language | Czechia | French Sign Language family | on the way |
| Danish Sign Language | Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland | French Sign Language family | |
| Dutch Sign Language | Netherlands | French Sign Language family | |
| Estonian Sign Language | Estonia | Russian Sign Language family | |
| Finland-Swedish Sign Language | Finland | Swedish Sign Language family | |
| Finnish Sign Language | Åland Islands, Finland | Swedish Sign Language family | |
| Flemish Sign Language | Belgium | French Sign Language family | on the way |
| French Belgian Sign Language | Belgium | French Sign Language family | on the way |
| French Sign Language | France, Togo | French Sign Language family | on the way |
| German Sign Language | Germany | German Sign Language family | 9,272 |
| Greek Sign Language | Greece | French Sign Language family | |
| Hungarian Sign Language | Hungary | French Sign Language family | |
| Icelandic Sign Language | Iceland | French Sign Language family | |
| International Sign | Italy | Pidgin | on the way |
| Irish Sign Language | Ireland | French Sign Language family | |
| Italian Sign Language | Italy | French Sign Language family | on the way |
| Latvian Sign Language | Latvia | Unclassified | |
| Lithuanian Sign Language | Lithuania | Russian Sign Language family | |
| Maltese Sign Language | Malta | Unclassified | on the way |
| Moldova Sign Language | Moldova | Russian Sign Language family | |
| Monastic Sign Language | Vatican City | Auxiliary sign system | |
| Norwegian Sign Language | Norway | French Sign Language family | on the way |
| Old Kentish Sign Language | United Kingdom | Old Kentish Sign Language family | |
| Polish Sign Language | Poland | French Sign Language family | on the way |
| Portuguese Sign Language | Portugal | Unclassified | |
| Romanian Sign Language | Romania | French Sign Language family | |
| Russian Sign Language | Bulgaria, Russia | Russian Sign Language family | on the way |
| Slovakian Sign Language | Slovakia | French Sign Language family | |
| Spanish Sign Language | Spain | Spanish Sign Language family | 3,368 |
| Swedish Sign Language | Sweden | Swedish Sign Language family | |
| Swiss-French Sign Language | Switzerland | French Sign Language family | on the way |
| Swiss-German Sign Language | Switzerland, Liechtenstein | German Sign Language family | on the way |
| Swiss-Italian Sign Language | Switzerland | French Sign Language family | |
| Ukrainian Sign Language | Ukraine | Russian Sign Language family | |
| Valencian Sign Language | Spain | Spanish Sign Language family | |
| Yugoslavian Sign Language | Serbia, Slovenia | French Sign Language family | on the way |
Latin America & Caribbean (30)
| Sign language | Countries | Family | Signs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albarradas Sign Language | Mexico | Unclassified | |
| Argentine Sign Language | Argentina | Unclassified | on the way |
| Bolivian Sign Language | Bolivia | French Sign Language family | |
| Brazilian Sign Language | Brazil | French Sign Language family | 9,105 |
| Bribri Sign Language | Costa Rica | Unclassified | |
| Brunca Sign Language | Costa Rica | Unclassified | |
| Chilean Sign Language | Chile | Unclassified | |
| Colombian Sign Language | Colombia | French Sign Language family | on the way |
| Costa Rican Sign Language | Costa Rica | French Sign Language family | |
| Cuba Sign Language | Cuba | Unclassified | |
| Dominican Sign Language | Dominican Republic | French Sign Language family | |
| Ecuadorian Sign Language | Ecuador | French Sign Language family | |
| Guatemalan Sign Language | Guatemala | Unclassified | |
| Honduras Sign Language | Honduras | French Sign Language family | on the way |
| Jamaican Country Sign Language | Jamaica | Unclassified | |
| Jamaican Sign Language | Jamaica | French Sign Language family | |
| Mexican Sign Language | Mexico | French Sign Language family | on the way |
| Nicaraguan Sign Language | Nicaragua | Unclassified | on the way |
| Panamanian Sign Language | Panama | French Sign Language family | |
| Paraguayan Sign Language | Paraguay | Unclassified | on the way |
| Peruvian Sign Language | Peru | French Sign Language family | |
| Providencia Sign Language | Colombia | Providencia-Cayman Sign Language family | |
| Puerto Rican Sign Language | Puerto Rico | French Sign Language family | |
| Salvadoran Sign Language | El Salvador | Unclassified | |
| Sivia Sign Language | Peru | Unclassified | |
| Trinidad and Tobago Sign Language | Trinidad & Tobago | French Sign Language family | |
| Urubú-Kaapor Sign Language | Brazil | Unclassified | |
| Uruguayan Sign Language | Uruguay | Unclassified | |
| Venezuelan Sign Language | Venezuela | Spanish Sign Language family | |
| Yucatec Maya Sign Language | Mexico | Meemul-Tziij |
Sub-Saharan Africa (25)
| Sign language | Countries | Family | Signs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adamorobe Sign Language | Ghana | Unclassified | |
| Bamako Sign Language | Mali | Unclassified | |
| Burundian Sign Language | Burundi | French Sign Language family | |
| Chadian Sign Language | Chad | French Sign Language family | |
| Ethiopian Sign Language | Ethiopia | French Sign Language family | |
| Ghanaian Sign Language | Ghana | French Sign Language family | |
| Guinea-Bissau Sign Language | Guinea-Bissau | Unclassified | |
| Guinean Sign Language | Guinea | French Sign Language family | |
| Hausa Sign Language | Nigeria | Unclassified | |
| Kenyan Sign Language | Kenya | Unclassified | |
| Madagascar Sign Language | Madagascar | French Sign Language family | |
| Malawian Sign Language | Malawi | Unclassified | |
| Mauritian Sign Language | Mauritius | Unclassified | |
| Mozambican Sign Language | Mozambique | Unclassified | |
| Namibian Sign Language | Namibia | British Sign Language family | |
| Nigerian Sign Language | Nigeria | French Sign Language family | |
| Rwandan Sign Language | Rwanda | Unclassified | |
| Seychelles Sign Language | Seychelles | Unclassified | |
| Sierra Leone Sign Language | Sierra Leone | French Sign Language family | |
| South African Sign Language | South Africa | British Sign Language family | |
| Tanzanian Sign Language | Tanzania | Unclassified | |
| Tebul Sign Language | Mali | Unclassified | |
| Ugandan Sign Language | Uganda | French Sign Language family | |
| Zambian Sign Language | Zambia | Unclassified | |
| Zimbabwe Sign Language | Zimbabwe | Unclassified |
Southeast Asia (16)
| Sign language | Countries | Family | Signs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ban Khor Sign Language | Thailand | Unclassified | |
| Bengkala Sign Language | Indonesia | Unclassified | |
| Cambodian Sign Language | Cambodia | Unclassified | |
| Chiangmai Sign Language | Thailand | Old Chiangmai-Bangkok Sign Language family | |
| Haiphong Sign Language | Vietnam | Vietnamese Sign Language family | |
| Hanoi Sign Language | Vietnam | Vietnamese Sign Language family | |
| Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language | Vietnam | Vietnamese Sign Language family | |
| Indonesian Sign Language | Indonesia | French Sign Language family | |
| Laos Sign Language | Laos | Unclassified | |
| Malaysian Sign Language | Malaysia | French Sign Language family | |
| Myanmar Sign Language | Myanmar (Burma) | Myanmar Sign Language family | |
| Penang Sign Language | Malaysia | Unclassified | |
| Philippine Sign Language | Philippines | French Sign Language family | |
| Selangor Sign Language | Malaysia | French Sign Language family | |
| Singapore Sign Language | Singapore | Unclassified | on the way |
| Thai Sign Language | Thailand | French Sign Language family |
Middle East & North Africa (15)
| Sign language | Countries | Family | Signs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language | Israel | Unclassified | |
| Algerian Jewish Sign Language | Algeria | Unclassified | |
| Algerian Sign Language | Algeria | French Sign Language family | |
| Egypt Sign Language | Egypt | Arab Sign Language family | |
| Iranian Sign Language | Iran | Unclassified | |
| Israeli Sign Language | Israel | German Sign Language family | |
| Jordanian Sign Language | Jordan | Arab Sign Language family | |
| Kufr Qassem Sign Language (KQSL) | Israel | Unclassified | |
| Kurdish Sign Language | Iraq | Unclassified | |
| Libyan Sign Language | Libya | Arab Sign Language family | |
| Mardin Sign Language | Türkiye | Unclassified | |
| Moroccan Sign Language | Morocco | French Sign Language family | |
| Saudi Arabian Sign Language | Saudi Arabia | Arab Sign Language family | |
| Tunisian Sign Language | Tunisia | French Sign Language family | on the way |
| Turkish Sign Language | Türkiye | Unclassified |
South Asia (10)
| Sign language | Countries | Family | Signs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghan Sign Language | Afghanistan | Unclassified | |
| Bhutanese Sign Language | Bhutan | Unclassified | |
| Ghandruk Sign Language | Nepal | Unclassified | |
| Indian Sign Language | Bangladesh, India, Pakistan | Indo-Pakistani-Nepalese Sign Language family | |
| Jhankot Sign Language | Nepal | Unclassified | |
| Jumla Sign Language | Nepal | Unclassified | |
| Nepalese Sign Language | Nepal | Indo-Pakistani-Nepalese Sign Language family | |
| Pakistan Sign Language | Pakistan | Indo-Pakistani-Nepalese Sign Language family | |
| Sri Lankan Sign Language | Sri Lanka | British Sign Language family | |
| West Bengal Sign Language | India | Indo-Pakistani-Nepalese Sign Language family |
East Asia (9)
| Sign language | Countries | Family | Signs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amami Koniya Sign Language | Japan | Unclassified | |
| Chinese Sign Language | China, Malaysia, Taiwan | Chinese Sign Language family | |
| Hong Kong Sign Language | China | Chinese Sign Language family | |
| Japanese Sign Language | Japan | Japanese Sign Language family | |
| Korean Sign Language | South Korea | Japanese Sign Language family | 1,930 |
| Miyakubo Sign Language | Japan | Unclassified | |
| Mongolian Sign Language | Mongolia | Russian Sign Language family | |
| Taiwan Sign Language | China | Japanese Sign Language family | |
| Tibetan Sign Language | China | Unclassified |
Oceania (8)
| Sign language | Countries | Family | Signs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auslan | Australia | British Sign Language family | |
| Australian Aborigines Sign Language | Australia | Auxiliary sign system | |
| Miriwoong Sign Language | Australia | Unclassified | |
| New Zealand Sign Language | New Zealand | British Sign Language family | |
| Papua New Guinean Sign Language | Papua New Guinea | British Sign Language family | |
| Solomon Islands Sign Language | Solomon Islands | British Sign Language family | |
| Yan-nhaŋu Sign Language | Australia | Unclassified | |
| Yolŋu Sign Language | Australia | Unclassified |
North America (7)
| Sign language | Countries | Family | Signs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Sign Language | 22 countries | French Sign Language family | 546 |
| Hawai'i Sign Language (HSL) | United States | Unclassified | |
| Inuit Sign Language | Canada | Unclassified | |
| Maritime Sign Language | Canada | British Sign Language family | |
| Martha's Vineyard Sign Language | United States | Old Kentish Sign Language family | |
| Plains Indian Sign Language | Canada, United States | Auxiliary sign system | |
| Quebec Sign Language | Canada | French Sign Language family | on the way |
Caucasus & Central Asia (1)
| Sign language | Countries | Family | Signs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenian Sign Language | Armenia | Auxiliary sign system |
The list follows Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Signs written in SignWriting come from the dictionaries of SignPuddle Online; each sign's page names the dictionary it was read from. A sign converted by program says so until a signer has checked it. See About for all sources.