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The Multilingual Picture Dataset (Multipic)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This project aims to develop a picture database normed in several languages and dialects, including minority languages. Multipic has currently been normed in 35 languages or language varieties, with more on the way, as detailed in the table below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Multipic languages and language varieties (forthcoming norms in italics)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Albanian<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nFinnish<\/strong><\/td>\nPortuguese<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alemannic<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nFrench<\/strong><\/td>\nEuropean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arabic (Lebanese)<\/strong><\/td>\nMetropolitan<\/td>\nBrazilian<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Armenian<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nQu\u00e9becois<\/td>\nRomanian<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Basque<\/strong><\/td>\nGalician<\/strong><\/td>\nRussian<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Catalan<\/strong><\/td>\nGerman<\/strong><\/td>\nScots<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chinese<\/strong><\/td>\nGreek<\/strong><\/td>\nScottish Gaelic<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cantonese<\/td>\nStandard<\/td>\nSerbian<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mandarin<\/td>\nCypriot<\/td>\nSilesian<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nHawaiian<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nSlovak<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Croatian<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nHebrew<\/strong><\/td>\nSpanish<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Czech<\/strong><\/td>\nHungarian<\/strong><\/td>\nMexican<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dutch<\/strong><\/td>\nIndonesian<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nPeninsular<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Standard<\/td>\nItalian<\/strong><\/td>\nRioplatense<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flemish<\/td>\nJapanese<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nThai<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKashubian<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nTurkish<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
English<\/strong><\/td>\nKorean<\/strong><\/td>\nStandard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
American<\/td>\nLombard<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nCypriot<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Australian<\/td>\nMalay<\/strong><\/td>\nUkrainian<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
British<\/td>\nNorwegian<\/strong><\/td>\nVietnamese<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malay<\/td>\nPolish<\/strong><\/td>\nWelsh<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Farsi<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

More details can be found in the related publications:<\/span><\/p>\n

First set of norms:\u00a0https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41597-022-01552-7\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Cantonese: https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.3758\/s13428-024-02362-y<\/a><\/p>\n

Galician: https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/psychology\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2025.1551000\/full<\/a><\/p>\n

The norms can be accessed here: https:\/\/figshare.com\/articles\/dataset\/Untitled_Item\/19328939<\/a><\/p>\n

If you are interested in norming Multipic in a new language, feel free to contact Christos Pliatsikas<\/a> or Jon Andoni Dunabeitia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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