Languages are known to describe the world in diverse ways. Across lexicons,
diversity is pervasive, appearing through phenomena such as lexical gaps and
untranslatability. However, in computational resources, such as multilingual
lexical databases, diversity is hardly ever represented. In this paper, we
introduce a method to enrich computational lexicons with content relating to
linguistic diversity. The method is verified through two large-scale case
studies on kinship terminology, a domain known to be diverse across languages
and cultures: one case study deals with seven Arabic dialects, while the other
one with three Indonesian languages. Our results, made available as browseable
and downloadable computational resources, extend prior linguistics research on
kinship terminology, and provide insight into the extent of diversity even
within linguistically and culturally close communities