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This is a Swadesh list of words in Piedmontese English .
For further information, including the full final version of the list, read the Wikipedia article: Swadesh list .American linguist Morris Swadesh believed that languages changed at measurable rates and that these could be determined even for languages without written precursors. Using vocabulary lists, he sought to understand not only change over time but also the relationships of extant languages. To be able to compare languages from different cultures, he based his lists on meanings he presumed would be available in as many cultures as possible. He then used the fraction of agreeing cognates between any two related languages to compute their divergence time by some (still debated) algorithms. Starting in 1950 with 165 meanings, his list grew to 215 in 1952, which was so expansive that many languages lacked native vocabulary for some terms. Subsequently, it was reduced to 207, and reduced much further to 100 meanings in 1955. A reformulated list was published posthumously in 1971.
№ English Piedmontesepiemontèis edit (207) 1 I (1sg )mi 2 you (2sg )ti 3 he , she , it (3sg )chiel 4 we (1pl )noi nojàutri 5 you (2pl )voi vojàutri 6 they (3pl )lor loràutri 7 this cost ëst 8 that col 9 here sì 10 there lì là 11 who chi 12 what lòn còs 13 where andoa anté 14 when quand 15 how com cmé 16 not nen pa 17 all tut 18 many tant vàire 19 some quàich chèich 20 few pòch 21 other àutr 22 one un 23 two doi masculine doe feminine 24 three tre 25 four quatr 26 five sinch 27 big grand 28 long longh 29 wide largh 30 thick tëgg 31 heavy grev 32 small cit 33 short curt 34 narrow strèit 35 thin fin 36 woman fomna 37 man (adult male)òm 38 man (human being)përson-a 39 child cit masnà 40 wife fomna 41 husband òm 42 mother mare 43 father pare 44 animal animal 45 fish pess 46 bird osel 47 dog can 48 louse poj 49 snake sërpent 50 worm gianin verm 51 tree erbo 52 forest bòsch 53 stick baston 54 fruit fruta 55 seed smens 56 leaf feuja 57 root rèis 58 bark (of a tree)scòrsa 59 flower fior 60 grass erba 61 rope corda soastr 62 skin pel 63 meat carn 64 blood sangh 65 bone òss 66 fat (noun)grass 67 egg euv 68 horn corna còrn 69 tail coa 70 feather piuma 71 hair cavèj 72 head testa cò 73 ear aurija 74 eye euj 75 nose nas 76 mouth boca 77 tooth dent 78 tongue (organ)lenga 79 fingernail ongia 80 foot pe 81 leg gamba 82 knee gënoj 83 hand man 84 wing ala 85 belly pansa 86 guts boele 87 neck còl 88 back schin-a 89 breast pet 90 heart cheur 91 liver fìdich 92 to drink bèive 93 to eat mangé 94 to bite mòrde 95 to suck ciucé 96 to spit spuvé 97 to vomit gumité 98 to blow bufé 99 to breathe arspiré 100 to laugh rije 101 to see vëdde vèje voghe 102 to hear sente 103 to know savèj 104 to think pensé 105 to smell snufié 106 to fear tëmme 107 to sleep deurme 108 to live vive 109 to die meuire 110 to kill massè gniché 111 to fight combate 112 to hunt cassé 113 to hit bate 114 to cut tajé copé 115 to split spartì 116 to stab stileté 117 to scratch sgrafigné 118 to dig sgavé 119 to swim noé 120 to fly volé 121 to walk caminé marcé 122 to come vnì 123 to lie (as in a bed) cogesse 124 to sit setesse 125 to stand sté an pè126 to turn (intransitive) viré giré 127 to fall tombè caschè 128 to give dé 129 to hold ten-e 130 to squeeze spërme 131 to rub fërté 132 to wash lavé 133 to wipe suvé 134 to pull tiré 135 to push possé 136 to throw frandé slansé 137 to tie gropé lijé 138 to sew cuse 139 to count conté 140 to say dì 141 to sing canté 142 to play giughé giué 143 to float floté 144 to flow score 145 to freeze geilé 146 to swell anfié 147 sun sol 148 moon lun-a 149 star stèila 150 water eva 151 rain pieuva 152 river fium 153 lake lagh 154 sea mar 155 salt sal 156 stone pera 157 sand sabia 158 dust póer 159 earth mond 160 cloud nìvola 161 fog nëbbia 162 sky cel 163 wind vent 164 snow fiòca 165 ice giassa 166 smoke fum 167 fire feu 168 ash sënner 169 to burn brusé 170 road stra 171 mountain montagna 172 red ross 173 green verd 174 yellow giàun 175 white bianch 176 black nèir 177 night neuit 178 day dì 179 year ann 180 warm càud 181 cold frèid 182 full pien 183 new neuv 184 old vej 185 good bon 186 bad gram 187 rotten marsent 188 dirty anflà salòp 189 straight drit 190 round riond 191 sharp (as a knife)avuss 192 dull (as a knife)sirognà 193 smooth seuli 194 wet bagnà mojà 195 dry sech 196 correct giust 197 near aranda davzin 198 far lontan leugn 199 right drita 200 left gàucia snista 201 at a 202 in an ant 203 with con 204 and e 205 if se 206 because përchè 207 name nòm
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