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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.
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# 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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