New Zealand Sign Language Online Dictionary
The New Zealand Sign Language Online Dictionary is a dictionary for NZSLNew 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://www.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
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| 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.
References
Primary references
- Rachel Locker McKee, David McKee (2013). "Making an online dictionary of New Zealand sign language : projects". In: Lexikos 23(1). Bureau of the WAT, pp. 500-531.
- Rachel McKee, David McKee (2017). "The Online Dictionary of New Zealand Sign Language: A case study of contemporary sign lexicography". In: The Routledge Handbook of Lexicography. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-315-10494-2.
This entry was last modified on 27 March 2025.