This article lists common abbreviations for grammatical terms that are used in linguistic interlinear glossing of oral languages[nb 1] in English.
In a few cases, long and short standard forms are listed, intended for texts where that gloss is rare or uncommon.
Abbreviations beginning with N- (generalized glossing prefix for non-, in-, un-) are not listed separately unless they have alternative forms that are included.
For example, NPST non-past is not listed, as it is composable from N- non- + PST past.
[16] Some sources are moving from classical lative (LAT, -L) terminology to 'directional' (DIR), with concommitant changes in the abbreviations.
However, kin relations commonly have no precise translation, and in such cases they are often glossed with anthropological abbreviations.