This is a Swadesh list of words in Domari English .
Presentation [ edit ] 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.
References [ edit ] Matras, Yaron (2012 ) A Grammar of Domari (Mouton Grammar Library)[1] →ISBN Bruno Herin (2012 ) “The Domari Language of Aleppo (Syria)”, in Linguistic Discovery [2] 10 , number 2, →DOI № English Domariedit (160) Domariedit (64) 1 I (1sg )ama amā 2 you (2sg )atu tō tər- 3 he , she , it (3sg )pandži pānǧī 4 we (1pl )eme amīn 5 you (2pl )itme tmīn 6 they (3pl )pandžan ōrīn 7 this aha * ihi * ehe * hā ē * 8 that uhu * ihi * ehe * ō 9 here hnēn hnōna ēta 10 there hnon hundar ōta 11 who kāni kō 12 what ki kay 13 where krēn knēn kate kā ketā 14 when kawax waqtēš kačā 15 how kēkē kehni kēnē kāt katt 16 not na mišš n- * 17 all giš gištane džamīʕ sā 18 many bol bū 19 some ktī * 20 few akam tīkā 21 other tānī ġēr bēʋk- * 22 one ikak yēka yōka yē * 23 two diyyes dədī dī * 24 three taranes trən 25 four štares štār 26 five pʌndžes panǧ 27 big tilla drōngã 28 long dirga drōngã 29 wide 30 thick 31 heavy grān 32 small kaškōṭ kašṭōṭ trōtə 33 short kurt 34 narrow tanga ḍiyyiq 35 thin tawna 36 woman kadži džuwir kaǧǧī * ǧʋər 37 man (adult male)kadža kaǧǧã * 38 man (human being)manus nafar 39 child xudwar zara čēzə́k čāġã 40 wife bay ǧəʋr 41 husband payy mənəs 42 mother day dād 43 father bɔy bāb 44 animal ḥaywān 45 fish samak 46 bird ṭēr 47 dog ṣnoṭa bōǧī 48 louse džuw 49 snake sap ṣab 50 worm dūd kərʋək 51 tree sadžar laʋrã́ 52 forest 53 stick kašt ʕaṣāy xēzarān 54 fruit fawāke 55 seed 56 leaf 57 root 58 bark (of a tree)59 flower 60 grass ḥašīš 61 rope ḥabel 62 skin žild 63 meat masi 64 blood nhīr 65 bone xar 66 fat (noun)təllã 67 egg ana 68 horn qarn 69 tail danab 70 feather rīš 71 hair wāl ʋāl 72 head siri sər? * 73 ear kan 74 eye iki akkī 75 nose pirin 76 mouth zari zāʋər? * 77 tooth ḍanḍ dānd 78 tongue (organ)džib ǧib 79 fingernail 80 foot pɔw qīč 81 leg pɔw 82 knee 83 hand hast xašt 84 wing džanāḥ 85 belly peṭ pēṭ 86 guts 87 neck gurgi 88 back pišt pišt 89 breast šiši 90 heart xur xor 91 liver kibda 92 to drink py- pīr- pī- 93 to eat q- qēr- qā- 94 to bite gaz- gazid- 95 to suck 96 to spit šifk- 97 to vomit qayk- 98 to blow 99 to breathe šimmk- 100 to laugh xašt- xazr- xaz- 101 to see lah- laherd- 102 to hear sn- sind- 103 to know džan- ǧān- 104 to think fakkirho- ẓunno- 105 to smell šimmk- 106 to fear by- 107 to sleep šuš- sit- 108 to live skunahr- ʕisahr- 109 to die mary- mra- 110 to kill mar- 111 to fight lagišk- 112 to hunt 113 to hit f- fēr- 114 to cut čin- dr- dird- 115 to split 116 to stab ɣušk- 117 to scratch qḥuṭk- 118 to dig 119 to swim 120 to fly ṭīrahr- 121 to walk ga- * 122 to come aw- er- āʋ- 123 to lie (as in a bed) 124 to sit wešt- wēsr- 125 to stand št- mindir(š)- 126 to turn (intransitive) 127 to fall kuy- 128 to give d- t- dē- ~ tō- 129 to hold min- 130 to squeeze 131 to rub mak- 132 to wash dɔw- 133 to wipe msiḥk- 134 to pull kšal- 135 to push 136 to throw kw- kurd- 137 to tie ban- 138 to sew sɔw- sɔwr- 139 to count ʕiddk- 140 to say ban- gā kar- 141 to sing gāk- gagid- , š- šw- šird- , xarrifk- 142 to play grēfk- ɣannik- 143 to float kel- 144 to flow 145 to freeze talidžar- 146 to swell 147 sun ṭaṭ 148 moon qamar 149 star ndžūm * yēldəz 150 water pani pānī 151 rain wars * 152 river 153 lake baḥar 154 sea baḥar 155 salt lon 156 stone waṭ wāṭ 157 sand dīl 158 dust trāb 159 earth bīṭ 160 cloud 161 fog 162 sky 163 wind wāy 164 snow taldž 165 ice taldž 166 smoke 167 fire ag 168 ash 169 to burn wašy- * wišnaw- * 170 road pand 171 mountain džabal 172 red aḥmar nohra * 173 green axḍar 174 yellow 175 white prana 176 black dusara qala 177 night arat 178 day dis 179 year wars * 180 warm tata 181 cold silda 182 full barda 183 new nawa 184 old 185 good ghāy guzel ṭayyeb 186 bad šanda 187 rotten 188 dirty 189 straight duɣri * 190 round 191 sharp (as a knife)192 dull (as a knife)193 smooth 194 wet mablūl 195 dry išk nāšīf 196 correct 197 near dira bʕīd 198 far 199 right 200 left 201 at 202 in 203 with wāšī- maʕ 204 and ū wa 205 if inkān iza law 206 because laʾinn liʾinn ʕašān 207 name nām
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