> Siyo!
> If you're hard up, a standby is Basic English, this
> 850-word list some guy came up with whose last name
> begins with an O. (Okay, guys, pelt me with
> something
> for forgetting his name.) He had some bizarre ideas
> on language though, and for its brevity, it has some
> pretty complex terms, like "computer" and "camera".
> (For some reason, I can remember this...)
>
> I came across a great 1400-word list on some site
> for
> which I can't remember the URL. This guy had kind
> of
> taken 5 different lists and compiled them. I copied
> the list onto a Word file, but it gave me a word for
> each line, so the document started out over 50 pages
> long before I started doing some heavy-duty deleting
> of excess space and undesired words. If someone
> knows
> where this is, please speak up! I will ultimately
> want to give them some credit, myself, and this may
> help our comrade in trouble.
>
> Amesohaleka Yawehi (I finally came up with a general
> farewell! It literally means, "Go with God", just
> like "Vaya con Dios".)
>
> Kalinida Hitsakisoni Makeli
> Clint Jackson Baker
>
> --- The RipperDoc <ripperdoc@...> wrote:
> > Hello!
> > Do you have any links to some lexicon that holds
> all
> > basic, human words,
> > like eat, walk, etc? Not just a lexicon of roots,
> > but a lexicon of the most
> > basic words of humankind. It would be very useful
> > for my conlang, so I could
> > compare the lexicons.
> >
> > /Martin
>
>
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