Swadesh list
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The Swadesh list is a classic compilation of basic concepts for the purposes of historical-comparative linguistics. Translations of the Swadesh list into a set of languages allow researchers to quantify the interrelatedness of those languages. The Swadesh list is named after linguist Morris Swadesh. It is used in lexicostatistics (the quantitative assessment of the genealogical relatedness of languages) and glottochronology (the dating of language divergence). Because there are several different lists, some authors also refer to "Swadesh lists".
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See also
- A General Service List of English Words
- Automated Similarity Judgment Program
- Basic English
- Cognate
- Dolgopolsky list
- Glottochronology
- Historical linguistics
- Indo-European studies
- Intercontinental Dictionary Series
- Leipzig–Jakarta list
- Lexicostatistics
- Mass lexical comparison
- Proto-language
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