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For further information, read the article: Swadesh list The Swadesh word list, developed by the linguist w:Morris Swadesh , 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 Wikivoyage 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.
№ English Zazakiedit (207) 1 I (1sg )ez ed 2 you (2sg )tı to informal şıma formal 3 he , she , it (3sg )o 4 we (1pl )ma 5 you (2pl )şıma 6 they (3pl )ee 7 this na 8 that no o 9 here etiyade 10 there tiyad ucad 11 who kam interrogative 12 what se çıçi interrogative 13 where koti sera no movement, interrogative 14 when çımahal key çıweğt interrogative 15 how seni interrogative 16 not niyo separate word 17 all hemi peero 18 many bol 19 some teney 20 few tay 21 other zewbi 22 one zu zew 23 two dıdı 24 three hiree 25 four çehar 26 five panc 27 big gırd 28 long derg 29 wide hera 30 thick qalın 31 heavy gran 32 small werdı 33 short kılm 34 narrow teng 35 thin barı 36 woman cıni 37 man (adult male)Cameerd 38 man (human being)insan merdım 39 child qeçek 40 wife pirık 41 husband kalık 42 mother ma may 43 father pi kalık 44 animal heywan 45 fish mase 46 bird mıriçık 47 dog kutıg del 48 louse ıspıc 49 snake mar 50 worm lolık 51 tree dar 52 forest meeşe 53 stick çuwe sıvur 54 fruit meywe 55 seed toğım 56 leaf per 57 root reeçe 58 bark (of a tree)kabığ 59 flower vılık 60 grass vaş 61 rope la resen 62 skin goşt 63 meat et 64 blood goni 65 bone este 66 fat (noun)ron ruwen 67 egg haak aag 68 horn estere 69 tail poçık 70 feather mu 71 hair por 72 head sere 73 ear goş 74 eye çım 75 nose zınci pırnık 76 mouth fek 77 tooth dından 78 tongue (organ)zıwan zuwan 79 fingernail nengu 80 foot lıng 81 leg saqe 82 knee reez 83 hand dest 84 wing per 85 belly pize 86 guts loqrey 87 neck mıl 88 back pey mıyane 89 breast seene 90 heart zerr kelb 91 liver karaciger 92 to drink şımıten 93 to eat weyen 94 to bite gaz kerden 95 to suck anceyen 96 to spit pıkerden 97 to vomit vıreecen 98 to blow pıf kerden 99 to breathe nefes groten 100 to laugh huweyen 101 to see vinayen 102 to hear aşnawen 103 to know zanen 104 to think ğeyalkerden 105 to smell boy kerden 106 to fear tersayen 107 to sleep rakewten 108 to live weşeyen 109 to die merden 110 to kill kısayen 111 to fight lec kerden 112 to hunt kıştayen 113 to hit pırodayen 114 to cut cıkerden 115 to split verışten 116 to stab kardi keden 117 to scratch wıreynayen 118 to dig kenden 119 to swim asnaw kerden 120 to fly perayen 121 to walk warwayen 122 to come ameyen 123 to lie (as in a bed) kewten derg bıyayen action, state 124 to sit ronışten action, state 125 to stand werışten action werzayen action, state 126 to turn (intransitive) peyser ameyen 127 to fall kewten 128 to give dayen 129 to hold tepışten 130 to squeeze pıloğnayen 131 to rub sawen 132 to wash şıwayen 133 to wipe besteren 134 to pull anten 135 to push cıkuwen 136 to throw çekerden 137 to tie gıredayen 138 to sew ronayen 139 to count amoren 140 to say vaten 141 to sing deyr vaten 142 to play kay keden 143 to float vaydeyen 144 to flow rodayen 145 to freeze cemdiyayen intransitive cemdınayen transitive 146 to swell masayen 147 sun tici 148 moon aşmi 149 star ıstare 150 water aw 151 rain yağer 152 river ro 153 lake dol 154 sea derya 155 salt sol 156 stone si 157 sand kum 158 dust toz 159 earth erd 160 cloud hor hewr 161 fog mıc 162 sky azmin 163 wind rızgar va 164 snow vor vewr 165 ice cemed 166 smoke dun 167 fire koz adır 168 ash wel 169 to burn veşnayen 170 road ray 171 mountain kol 172 red sur 173 green kho 174 yellow zerd 175 white sıpe 176 black tarı siyah 177 night şew 178 day roc 179 year serr 180 warm germ 181 cold serd 182 full pır 183 new newe 184 old kehan 185 good rınd weş 186 bad aar 187 rotten puç 188 dirty pis [[#Zazaki|]] 189 straight duz 190 round kılor klıorek 191 sharp (as a knife)nu 192 dull (as a knife)kor 193 smooth pak 194 wet hi 195 dry wışk 196 correct raşt 197 near nezdı 198 far duri 199 right raşt 200 left çep 201 at -de -a -e 202 in -de miyande 203 with ya ya piya 204 and u 205 if nara eger ... ise -se 206 because çünkü 207 name name
When the words have various forms (verbs conjugation, gender and number agreement, declensions), the orthography is the following :
verbs : infinitive
other words : masculine or neutral, singular, nominative (subject) For specific cases (no infinitive, feminine name, plural name for instance), the simplest form is used.
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Swadesh lists
Individual languages
Language families, family branches, and geographic groupings
Constructed languages
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