Following is a list of all the symbols and abbreviations used for glossing in this study:
| 1/2/3 |
First/Second/Third Person |
| I/II |
Non-human noun classes I/II |
| +/−H, +/−h |
+/− human (noun class) |
| A |
Agent |
| ABS |
Absolutive (Case) |
| CONJ |
Conjunction |
| DAT |
Dative (Case) |
| DM |
Discourse Marker |
| DO |
Direct Object |
| EMPH |
Emphasis |
| ERG |
Ergative/Agent (Case) |
| F |
(Human) Female/Feminine |
| GEN |
Genitive (Case) |
| IMP |
Imperative (Mood) |
| INF |
Infinitive |
| IO |
Indirect Object |
| IPFV |
Imperfective (Aspect) |
| LOC |
Locative |
| M |
(Human) Male/Masculine |
| n |
Noun |
| NDEF |
Indefinite |
| Neg/NEG |
Negation/Negative category |
| NEGTag |
Tag-question-forming negative |
| NMLZ |
Nominalizer (Adjective Marker) |
| O |
Object |
| OBL |
Oblique (Case) |
| OPT |
Optative (Mood) = Desiderative (Mood) |
| Onom. |
Onomatopoeia |
| P |
Patient |
| PFV |
Perfective Aspect |
| PL |
Plural |
| PN |
Proper Noun/Name |
| PRES |
Present (Tense) |
| PST |
Past (Tense) |
| PTCL |
Particle |
| PTCP |
Participle |
| QM |
Question Marker |
| RED |
Reduplicated Form |
| R.Pro/Rel.Pro |
Relative Pronoun |
| S |
Subject |
| SG |
Singular |
| v/V |
Verb |
Following is a list of abbreviations used for languages in this study:
| Bur. |
Burushaski |
| Eng. |
English |
| H. |
Hindi |
| HB |
Hunza Burushaski |
| K. |
Kashmiri |
| NB |
Nagar Burushaski |
| Per. |
Persian |
| SB |
Srinagar Burushaski |
| Sh. |
Shina |
| Sk. |
Sanskrit |
| Ur. |
Urdu |
| YB |
Yasin Burushaski |