The Sign Language Dataset Compendium


Lexical Resource

New Zealand Sign Language Online Dictionary

The New Zealand Sign Language Online Dictionary is a dictionary for New Zealand Sign Language and English, publicly available via a browsable homepage. The dictionary is developed at the Deaf Studies Research Unit, Victoria University of Wellington.

Signs are searchable by handshape, location, topic, usage and English keywords. The signs are organised in topics. The alphabet, numbers and classifiers are listed sepparately. Some signs have additional information on origin, users (older, younger), usage (frequent, archaic, rare), and/or are marked as neologisms, informal slang, or obscene.

Language New Zealand Sign Language
Size approximately 4500 signs
Linguistic Information citation form, english translation(s), POS, grammatical information, drawing of the sign, example sentences with glosses and translation into English, notes
Licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Access Public access via browsable homepage and free apps
Webpages Webpage: https://nzsl.nz
App on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hewgill.android.nzsldict&hl=en
App in App Store: https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/nzsl-dictionary/id521076445
Institution Deaf Studies Research Unit, Victoria University of Wellington
Publications McKee and McKee (2013)
McKee and McKee (2017)

Cite as

McKee, D., McKee, R., Pivac Alexander, S., Pivac, L., & Vale, M. (2011). Online dictionary of New Zealand Sign Language. Wellington: Deaf Studies Research Unit, Victoria University of Wellington.

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This entry was last modified on 11 January 2023.