The Multilingual Picture Dataset (Multipic)
This project aims to develop a picture database normed in several languages and dialects, including minority languages. Multipic has currently been normed in 34 languages or language varieties, with more on the way, as detailed in the table below:
| Multipic languages and language varieties (forthcoming norms in italics) | ||
| Albanian | Finnish | Portuguese |
| Alemannic | French | European |
| Arabic (Lebanese) | Metropolitan | Brazilian |
| Armenian | Québecois | Romanian |
| Basque | Galician | Russian |
| Catalan | German | Scots |
| Chinese | Greek | Scottish Gaelic |
| Cantonese | Standard | Serbian |
| Mandarin | Cypriot | Silesian |
| Cornish | Hawaiian | Slovak |
| Croatian | Hebrew | Spanish |
| Czech | Hungarian | Mexican |
| Dutch | Indonesian | Peninsular |
| Standard | Italian | Rioplatense |
| Flemish | Japanese | Thai |
| Kashubian | Turkish | |
| English | Korean | Standard |
| American | Lombard | Cypriot |
| Australian | Malay | Ukrainian |
| British | Norwegian | Vietnamese |
| Malay | Polish | Welsh |
| Farsi | ||
More details can be found in the related publications:
First set of norms: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01552-7
Cantonese: https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-024-02362-y
Galician: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1551000/full
The norms can be accessed here: https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Untitled_Item/19328939
If you are interested in norming Multipic in a new language, feel free to contact Christos Pliatsikas or Jon Andoni Dunabeitia