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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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