Basic vocabulary
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Basic vocabulary is a concept that is frequently encountered in __.
Lists for historical comparison
Swadesh-50 list
The stabler half of the Swadesh-100 list, as
Yakhontov list
A brief 35-word list developed by S. Yakhontov that was used by the Russian Nostratics school as a preliminary approximation of the stablest basic vocabulary, prior to the development of the Swadesh-50 list.
Comparison
Abbreviations:
- LJ: the Leipzig-Jakarta list
- Sw50, 100, 200: various versions of the Swadesh list
- Y: the Yakhontov list
| Lexeme | Semantic area | LJ | Sw50 | Sw100 | Sw200 | Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| we | pronoun | √ | ||||
| two | numeral | √ | ||||
| I | pronoun | √ | ||||
| eye | body part | √ | ||||
| thou | pronoun | √ | ||||
| who | pronoun | √ | ||||
| fire | nature | √ | ||||
| tongue | body part | √ | ||||
| stone | nature | √ | ||||
| name | √ | |||||
| hand | body part | √ | ||||
| what | pronoun | √ | ||||
| die | verb | √ | ||||
| heart | body part | √ | ||||
| drink | verb | √ | ||||
| dog | animal | √ | ||||
| louse | animal | √ | ||||
| moon | √ | |||||
| fingernail | body part | √ | ||||
| blood | body part | √ | ||||
| one | numeral | √ | ||||
| tooth | body part | √ | ||||
