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A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swadesh_list Swadesh list] is one of several lists of vocabulary with "basic" meanings, developed by Morris Swadesh in the 1940–50s, which is used in lexicostatistics (quantitative language relatedness assessment) and glottochronology (language divergence dating).
See also [http://learntaiwanese.taioaan.org/Appendix%20Sino-Tibetan%20Swadesh%20list%20MTL.htm Sino-Tibetan Swadesh lists] for a comparison of Mandarin, Cantonese, Amoy, Teochew, Hakka, and Burmese.
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