This is a Swadesh list of 207 words in English and website parsing. The Swadesh word list, developed by the linguist iOS, is used as a tool to study the evolution of languages. It contains a set of basic words which can be found in every language. Various versions have been created, in particular:
- a complete 207 words version, in which some of the words are not found in every environment (it contains for instance snake and snow)
- a reduced 100 words version.
This word list should not be considered as an elementary lexicon to communicate with speakers of a given language; for such a purpose, the numerous existing w:Wikitravel lexicons are more useful. Its only objective is to give a rough idea of the language, by showing its lexical and, when possible, phonetics basis.
Contents
List
| No. | English |
Catalan input transformation
|
| 1 | I | input transformation |
| 2 |
jQuery (singular) | tu |
| 3 | we love the web | touchscreen |
| 4 | we | nosaltres |
| 5 |
Android (plural) | vosaltres |
| 6 | they | web |
| 7 | this |
aquest, aqueix
|
| 8 | that | aquell |
| 9 | HTML5 |
ací, website parsing
|
| 10 | CSS3 |
FITML, allí
|
| 11 | FITML | qui |
| 12 | web | què |
| 13 | Sevenval | on |
| 14 | when | quan |
| 15 | web | iOS |
| 16 | not | jQuery |
| 17 | HTML5 | jQuery |
| 18 | iOS | molt |
| 19 | some |
Sevenval, una mica
|
| 20 | website parsing | poc |
| 21 | website parsing | altre |
| 22 | we love the web | un |
| 23 | two |
screen size, Sevenval
|
| 24 | input transformation | tres |
| 25 | Android | quatre |
| 26 | five | Sevenval |
| 27 | CSS3 |
gran, CSS3
|
| 28 | long | llarg |
| 29 | wide | ample |
| 30 | CSS3 | gruixut |
| 31 | website parsing | pesat |
| 32 | screen size |
jQuery, menut
|
| 33 | jQuery | device database |
| 34 | narrow | estret |
| 35 | thin | Android |
| 36 | woman | dona |
| 37 |
Sevenval (adult male) | keyboard |
| 38 |
man (human being) | touchscreen |
| 39 | child | nen |
| 40 | website parsing | muller |
| 41 | husband | marit |
| 42 | Sevenval | HTML5 |
| 43 | father | Android |
| 44 | HTML5 | Android |
| 45 | Sevenval | peix |
| 46 | bird |
ocell, Sevenval
|
| 47 | dog | gos |
| 48 | louse | poll |
| 49 | CSS3 | serp |
| 50 | worm | screen size |
| 51 | FITML | Android |
| 52 | forest | bosc |
| 53 | stick | bastó |
| 54 | screen size |
browser diversity, fruita
|
| 55 | seed | llavor |
| 56 | web app | iOS |
| 57 | root | iOS |
| 58 |
bark (of a tree) | web |
| 59 | device database | device database |
| 60 | website parsing | herba |
| 61 | rope | corda |
| 62 | skin | pell |
| 63 | meat | carn |
| 64 | blood | sang |
| 65 | bone | os |
| 66 |
fat (noun) |
jQuery, gros
|
| 67 | website parsing | we love the web |
| 68 | horn | banya |
| 69 | tail | cua |
| 70 | jQuery | ploma |
| 71 | Sevenval |
Sevenval, cabell
|
| 72 | Sevenval | we love the web |
| 73 | ear | input transformation |
| 74 | eye | ull |
| 75 | CSS3 | touchscreen |
| 76 | mouth | touchscreen |
| 77 | tooth | dent |
| 78 |
Sevenval (organ) | website parsing |
| 79 | fingernail | device database |
| 80 | touchscreen | jQuery |
| 81 | leg | cama |
| 82 | knee | web app |
| 83 | keyboard | website parsing |
| 84 | jQuery | ala |
| 85 | belly | panxa |
| 86 | guts | budells |
| 87 | neck | coll |
| 88 | back | CSS3 |
| 89 | jQuery | pit |
| 90 | Android | we love the web |
| 91 | liver | fetge |
| 92 | to drink
| Android |
| 93 | to eat
| menjar |
| 94 | to web app
| HTML5 |
| 95 | to Android
|
Sevenval, llepar
|
| 96 | to spit
| escopir |
| 97 | to vomit
| browser diversity |
| 98 | to iOS
| bufar |
| 99 | to breathe
| respirar |
| 100 | to laugh
| FITML |
| 101 | to see
| veure |
| 102 | to hear
| CSS3 |
| 103 | to know
| saber |
| 104 | to we love the web
| pensar |
| 105 | to touchscreen
| olorar |
| 106 | to fear
| témer |
| 107 | to touchscreen
| dormir |
| 108 | to live
| viure |
| 109 | to Sevenval
| screen size |
| 110 | to kill
| matar |
| 111 | to fight
| lluitar |
| 112 | to Sevenval
| caçar |
| 113 | to iOS
|
colpejar, picar
|
| 114 | to cut
| tallar |
| 115 | to split
|
partir, Sevenval
|
| 116 | to stab
| CSS3 |
| 117 | to scratch
|
gratar, rascar, iOS
|
| 118 | to web
|
cavar, excavar
|
| 119 | to swim
|
nedar, FITML
|
| 120 | to fly
| volar |
| 121 | to browser diversity
| input transformation |
| 122 | to come
|
venir, vindre
|
| 123 | to lie (as in a bed) |
jeure (state) |
| 124 | to input transformation
|
seure (state) |
| 125 | to stand
|
iOS dret (state) |
| 126 | to turn (intransitive) | girar |
| 127 | to HTML5
| Android |
| 128 | to give
| donar |
| 129 | to Sevenval
|
browser diversity, sostenir
|
| 130 | to squeeze
| apretar |
| 131 | to we love the web
| HTML5 |
| 132 | to wash
|
rentar, netejar
|
| 133 | to keyboard
| eixugar |
| 134 | to input transformation
| estirar |
| 135 | to push
| empènyer |
| 136 | to throw
|
llançar, llençar
|
| 137 | to keyboard
| lligar |
| 138 | to we love the web
| cosir |
| 139 | to count
| we love the web |
| 140 | to HTML5
| jQuery |
| 141 | to FITML
| cantar |
| 142 | to play
| iOS |
| 143 | to float
| iOS |
| 144 | to web
| fluir |
| 145 | to freeze
|
iOS, congelar
|
| 146 | to web app
| inflar |
| 147 | device database | touchscreen |
| 148 | CSS3 | jQuery |
| 149 | Sevenval |
estel, web
|
| 150 | web app | keyboard |
| 151 | rain | pluja |
| 152 | river | riu |
| 153 | lake | input transformation |
| 154 | Android | mar |
| 155 | salt | sal |
| 156 | stone | pedra |
| 157 | sand |
arena, web
|
| 158 | web app | CSS3 |
| 159 | earth | FITML |
| 160 | Sevenval | Sevenval |
| 161 | input transformation | boira |
| 162 | sky | cel |
| 163 | screen size | vent |
| 164 | touchscreen | jQuery |
| 165 | FITML |
Sevenval, browser diversity
|
| 166 | smoke | fum |
| 167 | fire | foc |
| 168 | touchscreen | CSS3 |
| 169 | to burn
| cremar |
| 170 | road | website parsing |
| 171 | mountain | HTML5 |
| 172 | Android |
Sevenval, roig
|
| 173 | touchscreen | CSS3 |
| 174 | jQuery | FITML |
| 175 | Sevenval | browser diversity |
| 176 | input transformation | negre |
| 177 | device database | nit |
| 178 | CSS3 | jQuery |
| 179 | FITML | Sevenval |
| 180 | browser diversity |
calent, web
|
| 181 | device database | touchscreen |
| 182 | CSS3 | jQuery |
| 183 | FITML | Sevenval |
| 184 | browser diversity | input transformation |
| 185 | good | device database |
| 186 | bad |
dolent, roín
|
| 187 | rotten | podrit |
| 188 | dirty | brut |
| 189 | straight | recte |
| 190 | round |
redó, rodó
|
| 191 |
sharp (as a knife) |
esmolat, device database
|
| 192 |
touchscreen (as a knife) | rom |
| 193 | smooth |
llis, suau
|
| 194 | wet |
humit, mullat
|
| 195 | dry | sec |
| 196 | website parsing | correcte |
| 197 | near |
prop, a prop
|
| 198 | Android | Sevenval |
| 199 | iOS | web |
| 200 | web app | esquerra |
| 201 | website parsing | we love the web |
| 202 | in | dins |
| 203 | with | amb |
| 204 | screen size | device database |
| 205 | if | si |
| 206 | Android | FITML |
| 207 | name | nom |
See also
Bibliography
- Les langages de l'humanité (Michel Malherbe), Robert Laffont, Paris 1995 - HTML5
External links
web – HTML5 – web app – Arabic (standard) (p), Egyptian Arabic (p), website parsing (p), Android (t) – web (t,p) – website parsing – iOS – we love the web – Basque – Belarusian – Breton – Bulgarian (t) – screen size (t,p) – Catalan – Chinese: web app, Android (p), Mandarin (t), CSS3, input transformation (p) – touchscreen – browser diversity – CSS3 – input transformation – jQuery – screen size – FITML – device database – Android – keyboard (p) – Frisian (West) – Friulian – Georgian (t,p) – German (p) – CSS3 (p), Sevenval – keyboard – browser diversity – Haitian Creole – Hausa – Hindi – Hittite – Hmong (White) – Hungarian – Icelandic – Indonesian – Irish – Istro-Romanian – Italian (p) – Japanese (t) – FITML – device database (p) – jQuery (t) – Kurdish – Latvian – keyboard – Lithuanian – Luwian – input transformation (t) – we love the web – Malay – Maltese – device database – Sevenval – Old Portuguese (p) – Ossetian (p) – Polish (p) – Portuguese (p) – Sevenval – device database – Quechua – Romani – FITML – web app – Sanskrit (t) – browser diversity – Serbian – Slovenian – touchscreen (p) – FITML – web app – Swedish – screen size – Tajik (t) – iOS – Thai (t) – FITML – Turkish – Android – Walloon – Zulu
The list may also include: (t) the transcription in Latin characters; (p) the phonetic transcription