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# tooth (front, rather than molar)
# tooth (front, rather than molar)
# tongue (anatomical)
# tongue (anatomical)
# claw (not in 1952)†{{ref|1|1}}
# claw (not in 1952)†
# foot (not leg)
# foot (not leg)
# knee (not 1952)†
# knee (not 1952)†
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{{note|1|}} "Claw" was only added in 1955, but again replaced by many well-known specialists with "nail", because expressions for "claw" are not available in many old, extinct, or lesser known languages.
"Claw" was only added in 1955, but again replaced by many well-known specialists with "nail", because expressions for "claw" are not available in many old, extinct, or lesser known languages.


The 110-item Global Lexicostatistical Database list uses the original 100-item Swadesh list, in addition to 10 other words from the Swadesh–Yakhontov list.
The 110-item Global Lexicostatistical Database list uses the original 100-item Swadesh list, in addition to 10 other words from the Swadesh–Yakhontov list.
==Swadesh 207 list==
The most used list nowadays is the Swadesh 207-word list, adapted from Swadesh 1952.
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
# I
# you (singular)
# he
# we
# you (plural)
# they
# this
# that
# here
# there
# who
# what
# where
# when
# how
# not
# all
# many
# some
# few
# other
# one
# two
# three
# four
# five
# big
# long
# wide
# thick
# heavy
# small
# short
# narrow
# thin
# woman
# man (adult male)
# man (human being)
# child
# wife
# husband
# mother
# father
# animal
# fish
# bird
# dog
# louse
# snake
# worm
# tree
# forest
# stick
# fruit
# seed
# leaf
# root
# bark (of a tree)
# flower
# grass
# rope
# skin
# meat
# blood
# bone
# fat (noun)
# egg
# horn
# tail
# feather
# hair
# head
# ear
# eye
# nose
# mouth
# tooth
# tongue (organ)
# fingernail
# foot
# leg
# knee
# hand
# wing
# belly
# guts
# neck
# back
# breast
# heart
# liver
# to drink
# to eat
# to bite
# to suck
# to spit
# to vomit
# to blow
# to breathe
# to laugh
# to see
# to hear
# to know
# to think
# to smell
# to fear
# to sleep
# to live
# to die
# to kill
# to fight
# to hunt
# to hit
# to cut
# to split
# to stab
# to scratch
# to dig
# to swim
# to fly
# to walk
# to come
# to lie (as in a bed)
# to sit
# to stand
# to turn (intransitive)
# to fall
# to give
# to hold
# to squeeze
# to rub
# to wash
# to wipe
# to pull
# to push
# to throw
# to tie
# to sew
# to count
# to say
# to sing
# to play
# to float
# to flow
# to freeze
# to swell
# sun
# moon
# star
# water
# rain
# river
# lake
# sea
# salt
# stone
# sand
# dust
# earth
# cloud
# fog
# sky
# wind
# snow
# ice
# smoke
# fire
# ash
# to burn
# road
# mountain
# red
# green
# yellow
# white
# black
# night
# day
# year
# warm
# cold
# full
# new
# old
# good
# bad
# rotten
# dirty
# straight
# round
# sharp (as a knife)
# dull (as a knife)
# smooth
# wet
# dry
# correct
# near
# far
# right
# left
# at
# in
# with
# and
# if
# because
# name
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==See also==
*[[Basic English]]
*[[Dolgopolsky list]]
*[[Leipzig–Jakarta list]]
[[Category:Conlangery]]
[[Category:Word lists]]
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