List Swadesh of English
List Swadesh of 207 words in French and English, accompanied by a column pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
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When the words have multiple forms (conjugation of the verbs, agreements in kind or of number, variations), the orthography selected is the following one:
- * verbs: infinitive
- * other words: neutral or masculine, singular, personal (prone)
For the particular cases (not of infinitive, female name, name always in the plural for example), it is the simplest form which is used.
The pronunciation indicated is that of the
the United Kingdom. Its goal is to represent the pronunciation most generally considered as correct, often reflected by the great national mediums. According to the speakers and the areas, the really practiced pronunciation can vary in a more or less important way. The pronunciation of
North America is often different from that presented in the table.
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