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Words in subset Swadesh-100

IDFullwordCount
1all (of a number)484
2ashes1018
3bark (of tree)289
4belly712
5big753
6bird1065
7black864
8blood964
9bone1135
10breast970
11claw284
12cloud732
13cold (weather)694
14dog1085
15dry (be dry)588
16ear1020
17earth/soil314
18egg975
19eye1187
21feather320
22fire1175
23fish620
25full572
26good919
27green407
28hair1148
30head1173
31heart519
32horn169
33I (pronoun d:1s)913
34knee783
35leaf717
36liver468
37long761
38louse1039
39man1064
40many510
41meat (flesh)640
42moon848
43mountain684
44mouth856
45name969
46neck752
47new779
48night904
49nose981
50not277
51one981
52person334
53red690
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