Phlexicon
A catalog of phonemes in hundreds of languages, dialects, and lexicons—both signed and spoken.
FAQ
Where does Phlexicon get its data?
Spoken phonemes are pulled from PBase and the handshapes of sign languages are pulled from SignPuddle 3.0 and the one-dimensional font for SignWriting.
These datasets are normalized and parsed by Phlexicon. Some granular data may be excluded or simplified, but the data in the app should not meaningfully differ from original datasets, unless there is a bug.
See the data parsing source code to better understand how the original datasets are normalized, simplified, and parsed.
Can I export Phlexicon’s data?
At the moment, there’s no way to export the data from the UI, but if you’re tech savvy, you can build the development version of the app and export data directly from the SQLite database.
What fonts does Phlexicon use?
The Charis SIL font for spoken phonemes in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and the one-dimensional font for SignWriting, which can be used to write sign languages.
Some characters in the IPA use are in a Unicode private use area, which means that the Charis font or another IPA-compatible font will need to be used to properly render them. The SignWriting font must be used to render all symbols in the SignWriting system.
Where can I find symobls for movement, location, expressions, etc. in sign languages?
For now, only oriented handshapes are supported by Phlexicon. The SignMaker tool can be used to find symbols for other phonemic parameters in the SignWriting system.