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A {{w|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). | A {{w|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 | See [[wikt:Appendix:Sino-Tibetan_Swadesh_lists|Appendix:Sino-Tibetan_Swadesh_lists]] for a comparison of Mandarin, Cantonese, Amoy, Teochew, Hakka, and Burmese. | ||
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