स्वदेश सूची

A Swadesh list is a carefully selected set of basic, everyday words (like numbers, body parts, and common verbs) that linguists use to compare languages and trace their historical relationships. It matters because these fundamental words are less likely to change over time or be borrowed from other languages, making them reliable tools for determining whether languages share a common ancestor and how long ago they may have diverged.

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