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Have you guys heard about the Swadesh List? The Swadesh list is a well-known 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. It is used in the quantitative assessment of the genealogical relatedness of languages, aka lexicostatistics) as well as glottochronology .There are different versions of the Swadesh List and there also seems to be a Swadesh List for Sign Languages, essentially containing different vocabulary items, as SL is very different from spoken languages. Here is an example of the Swadesh List: 1. I (Pers.Pron.1.Sg.) 2. You (2.sg! 1952 thou & ye) 3. we (1955: inclusive) 4. this 5. that 6. who? (“?” not 1971) 7. what? (“?” not 1971) 8. not 9. all (of a number) 10. many 11. one 12. two 13. big 14. long (not 'wide') 15. small 16. woman 17. man (adult male human) 18. person (individual human) 19. fish (noun) 20. bird 21. dog 22. louse 23. tree (not log) 24. seed (noun!) 25. leaf (botanics) 26. root (botanics) 27. bark (of tree) 28. skin (1952: person’s) 29. flesh (1952 meat, flesh) 30. blood 31. bone 32. grease (1952: fat, organic substance) 33. egg 34. horn (of bull etc., not 1952)† 35. tail 36. feather (large, not down) 37. hair (on head of humans) 38. head (anatomic) 39. ear 40. eye 41. nose 42. mouth 43. tooth (front, rather than molar) 44. tongue (anatomical) 45. claw (not in 1952)†1 46. foot (not leg) 47. knee (not 1952)† 48. hand 49. belly (lower part of body, abdomen) 50. neck (not nape!) 51. breasts (female; 1955 still breast)† 52. heart 53. liver 54. drink (verb) 55. eat (verb) 56. bite (verb) 57. see (verb) 58. hear (verb) 59. know (facts) 60. sleep (verb) 61. die (verb) 62. kill (verb) 63. swim (verb) 64. fly (verb) 65. walk (verb) 66. come (verb) 67. lie (on side, recline) 68. sit (verb) 69. stand (verb) 70. give (verb) 71. say (verb)† 72. sun 73. moon (not 1952)† 74. star 75. water (noun) 76. rain (noun, 1952 verb) 77. stone 78. sand 79. earth (=soil) 80. cloud (not fog) 81. smoke (noun, of fire) 82. fire 83. ash(es) 84. burn (verb intr.!) 85. path (1952 road, trail; not street) 86. mountain (not hill) 87. red (colour) 88. green (colour) 89. yellow (colour) 90. white (colour) 91. black (colour) 92. night 93. hot (adjective; 1952 warm, of weather) 94. cold (of weather) 95. full† 96. new 97. good 98. round (not 1952)† 99. dry (substance!) 100. name

Hi Ville de Vaude War welcome to linguaholic.com. You came to the right place. You will find dozens of eager language enthusiasts here, including me :=) See you in the threads. Lingua

Novak because of Djokovic :=) Funny, indeed.

Hi Mameha Some common names in Switzerland are: Male: Peter, Daniel, Matthias, Stefan, Hans, Kevin, Tobias, Michael, Christoph Female: Stefanie, Daniela, Valérie, Gabriela, Christine, Marianne, Julia,

Hi Steve86 Ich habe einen Mann gesehen, der aufgrund einer Kollision mit einem Auto von seinem Fahrrad gestürzt ist. Something like that. Contains some additional info, though. (collision). Regards Lingua

ok, sure. No worries.

maybe we could extend this poll? it's such a great poll, really.

Linguee is great, indeed. Have a look here for some more info about it: http://linguaholic.com/search/?type=all&q=linguee

Good idea Anna. Thank you.

awww it's nice to hear some Italian on here

Thank you oneself. Glad you like it.

Actually not everything should be attributed to the new theme...there was also a major IPB forum software udpate recently and this update gave us a few new features and enhancements, which are not depending on any theme. And it also slighty affects the look of the layout/design. But as far as the banner on top and the color scheme (red/yellow) goes, it definitely has to do with the new custom theme, that's right.

Hi Chiara Welcome to linguaholic.com! I am very happy to hear that you like linguaholic.com! Hope you have lots of fun here. See you in the threads! Best wishes Lingua

Hi Tiffany Nice to have you here on linguaholic.com! I Hope you enjoy yourself here. I like your avatar :=) kind regards Lingua

hmm , I think this might have to do with the fact that this kind of hypothesis is too technical for language learners. It sounds like a Math approach to language learning and often people who love studying languages are not very fond of Math :=) Kinda sounds like programming as well (this i + 1 thing).

I am happy to hear that. You have to reupload your avatar though :=)

I had the same problem as well, Maya. But it just happens the first time you are trying to use Google Chrome. Reset Google Chrome (delete cookies and so on ) and this should just work fine. I am using Google Chrome right now. regards L

That's a great idea Wanda. In fact I was thinking about that as well. So maybe next year we can change to some other 'language theme'

I am happy to hear that Mameha.

yea you are right Blaveloper. I might have to get rid of the character for horse at least (in the header on top).

Thanks for all the replies. Yea, the theme is very asian, that's true. I just really wanted to get something else than the standard theme. I might change it to something more neutral in the future. It's kinda unique, though, isn't it ? :=)

What do you think about the new theme of linguaholic.com? Awesome? Cool? The opposite? OK? awful? Please vote. Thank you.

hi KlezmerGryphon Hope you have a great time here on linguaholic.com! See you in the threads. Lingua

Sounds interesting. I will make sure to check it out. Kind regards from Switzerland Lingua

Dear Hungary93 Thanks for adding Hungarian ones. This project gets more interesting every day!