Emoji Language Swadesh List
A Swadesh list, named after linguist Morris Swadesh, is a standardized list of words that is typically used in historical linguistics.
As it contains frequently occurring concepts, it can also be used to memorize the most important words of a language.
The following table provides a so-called "Swadesh 207" list for the Emoji Language, an extended version of the original Swadesh list.
# | English | Emoji Language |
---|---|---|
1 | I | ๐ |
2 | you (singular) | ๐ |
3 | he/she/it | ๐ |
4 | we | ๐๐ |
5 | you (plural) | ๐๐ |
6 | they | ๐๐ |
7 | this | ๐ค |
8 | that | ๐ |
9 | here | ๐ |
10 | there | โ๏ธ |
11 | who | โ |
12 | what | โ |
13 | where | โ๐ |
14 | when | โโ |
15 | how | โโ (what-with) |
16 | not | โ |
17 | all | โพ๏ธ |
18 | many | โซ |
19 | some | โฌ |
20 | few | โฌ |
21 | other | ๐ |
22 | one | 1๏ธโฃ |
23 | two | 2๏ธโฃ |
24 | three | 3๏ธโฃ |
25 | four | 4๏ธโฃ |
26 | five | 5๏ธโฃ |
27 | big | ๐ถ |
28 | long | ๐ |
29 | wide | โ๏ธ |
30 | thick | โ๏ธ |
31 | heavy | ๐ |
32 | small | ๐ค |
33 | short | ๐ฉณ |
34 | narrow | ๐ค |
35 | thin | ๐ค |
36 | woman | ๐ฉ |
37 | man (adult male) | ๐จ |
38 | man (human being) | ๐ค |
39 | child | ๐ง |
40 | wife | ๐๐ฉ (my woman) |
41 | husband | ๐๐จ (my man) |
42 | mother | ๐๏ธ๐ฉ |
43 | father | ๐๏ธ๐จ |
44 | animal | ๐ |
45 | fish | ๐ |
46 | bird | ๐ฆ |
47 | dog | ๐, ๐ถ (synonym) |
48 | louse | ๐ |
49 | snake | ๐ |
50 | worm | ๐ชฑ |
51 | tree | ๐ณ |
52 | forest | ๐ฒ๐ณ |
53 | stick | ๐ฅข |
54 | fruit | ๐๐ (apple abstraction) |
55 | seed | ๐ฑ |
56 | leaf | ๐ |
57 | root | ๐ณ๐ฆถ๐ฆถ |
58 | bark (of a tree) | ๐ณ๐ง (tree boundary) |
59 | flower | ๐ท |
60 | grass | โณ |
61 | rope | ๐งถ |
62 | skin | ๐ง๐ค๐ฐ (boundary body-part) |
63 | meat | ๐ฅฉ |
64 | blood | ๐ฉธ |
65 | bone | ๐ฆด |
66 | fat (noun) | ๐ข๏ธ |
67 | egg | ๐ฅ |
68 | horn | ๐ฏ |
69 | tail | ๐๏ธ |
70 | feather | ๐ชถ |
71 | hair | ๐ฆฑ, ๐ฆฐ, ๐ฆณ |
72 | head | ๐ง |
73 | ear | ๐ |
74 | eye | ๐๏ธ |
75 | nose | ๐ |
76 | mouth | ๐ |
77 | tooth | ๐ฆท |
78 | tongue (organ) | ๐ |
79 | fingernail | ๐ |
80 | foot | ๐ฆถ |
81 | leg | ๐ฆต |
82 | knee | ๐ฆต๐ |
83 | hand | ๐ |
84 | wing | โ๏ธ๐ฐ (plane part) |
85 | belly | ๐คฐ |
86 | guts | ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฐ (feces body-part) |
87 | neck | ๐ง๐ |
88 | back | ๐ค๐ |
89 | breast | ๐คฑ |
90 | heart | ๐ซ |
91 | liver | ๐ข๏ธ๐ค๐ฐ (fat body-part) |
92 | to drink | ๐ฅ |
93 | to eat | ๐ |
94 | to bite | ๐ง |
95 | to suck | ๐ผ |
96 | to spit | ๐คคโคต๏ธ |
97 | to vomit | ๐คฎ |
98 | to blow | ๐ฌ๏ธ |
99 | to breathe | ๐ |
100 | to laugh | ๐ |
101 | to see | ๐ |
102 | to hear | ๐ |
103 | to know | ๐ง |
104 | to think | ๐ค |
105 | to smell | ๐ฝ |
106 | to fear | ๐ฑ |
107 | to sleep | ๐ด |
108 | to live | ๐งฌ |
109 | to die | โฐ๏ธ |
110 | to kill | ๐ซ |
111 | to fight | โ๏ธ |
112 | to hunt | ๐น๐ |
113 | to hit | ๐, ๐ค (synonym), ๐ค (synonym) |
114 | to cut | โ๏ธ |
115 | to split | ๐ช |
116 | to stab | ๐ฅ๐ก๏ธ |
117 | to scratch | ๐ |
118 | to dig | โ๏ธ |
119 | to swim | ๐ |
120 | to fly | ๐ฆ (by oneself), โ๏ธ (airplane etc.) |
121 | to walk | ๐ถ |
122 | to come | ๐ |
123 | to lie (as in a bed) | ๐ |
124 | to sit | ๐ช |
125 | to stand | ๐ง |
126 | to turn (intransitive) | ๐ช (with reflexive pronoun) |
127 | to fall | ๐ |
128 | to give | ๐ |
129 | to hold | ๐คผ |
130 | to squeeze | ๐๏ธ |
131 | to rub | ๐๐ |
132 | to wash | ๐งผ |
133 | to wipe | ๐งป |
134 | to pull | ๐คฒ |
135 | to push | ๐ |
136 | to throw | ๐คพ |
137 | to tie | ๐ชข |
138 | to sew | ๐ชก |
139 | to count | ๐ข |
140 | to say | ๐ฃ๏ธ |
141 | to sing | ๐ค |
142 | to play | ๐ฒ (game), ๐ถ (music), ๐ญ (role) |
143 | to float | ๐ด |
144 | to flow | ๐๏ธ |
145 | to freeze | ๐ฅถ (intransitive), ๐ง (transitive) |
146 | to swell | ๐ |
147 | sun | โ๏ธ |
148 | moon | ๐ |
149 | star | โญ |
150 | water | ๐ง |
151 | rain | ๐ง๏ธ |
152 | river | ๐๏ธ |
153 | lake | ๐ง๐ (water place) |
154 | sea | ๐ |
155 | salt | ๐ง |
156 | stone | ๐ชจ |
157 | sand | ๐๏ธ |
158 | dust | โจ |
159 | earth | โณ (soil), ๐ (planet) |
160 | cloud | โ๏ธ |
161 | fog | ๐ |
162 | sky | ๐ |
163 | wind | ๐ฌ๏ธ |
164 | snow | ๐จ๏ธ |
165 | ice | ๐ง |
166 | smoke | ๐ฌ |
167 | fire | ๐ฅ |
168 | ash | ๐ฅโฑ๏ธ (fire remainder) |
169 | to burn | ๐ฅ |
170 | road | ๐ฃ๏ธ |
171 | mountain | โฐ๏ธ, ๐๏ธ (snow-capped) |
172 | red | ๐ด |
173 | green | ๐ข |
174 | yellow | ๐ก |
175 | white | โช |
176 | black | โซ |
177 | night | ๐, ๐ (synonym), ๐ (dark) |
178 | day | ๐ |
179 | year | ๐ทโ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ |
180 | warm | ๐ฅต |
181 | cold | ๐ฅถ |
182 | full | ๐ฌ, ๐ (poetic) |
183 | new | ๐ |
184 | old | ๐๏ธ |
185 | good | ๐ |
186 | bad | ๐ |
187 | rotten | ๐๏ธ |
188 | dirty | ๐ฉ |
189 | straight | ๐ฏ |
190 | round | โญ |
191 | sharp (as a knife) | ๐ช |
192 | dull (as a knife) | โ๐ช (not sharp) |
193 | smooth | ๐ฆ |
194 | wet | ๐ฆ |
195 | dry | ๐๏ธ |
196 | correct | โ |
197 | near | ๐ |
198 | far | โ๏ธ |
199 | right | โก๏ธ |
200 | left | โฌ ๏ธ |
201 | at | ๐ |
202 | in | ๐ฅ |
203 | with | โ |
204 | and | โ |
205 | if | โถ๏ธ (then) |
206 | because | โ๏ธ |
207 | name | ๐จ๏ธ |
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