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# tooth (front, rather than molar) | # tooth (front, rather than molar) | ||
# tongue (anatomical) | # tongue (anatomical) | ||
# claw (not in 1952)† | # claw (not in 1952)† | ||
# foot (not leg) | # foot (not leg) | ||
# knee (not 1952)† | # knee (not 1952)† | ||
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"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. | ||