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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 ๐Ÿ‘†
2 you (singular) ๐Ÿ‘‡
3 he/she/it ๐Ÿ‘‰
4 we ๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘†
5 you (plural) ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡
6 they ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ‘‰
7 this ๐ŸคŒ
8 that ๐Ÿ‘ˆ
9 here ๐Ÿ™‹
10 there โ†–๏ธ
11 who โ”
12 what โ”
13 where โ”๐Ÿ“
14 when โ”โŒš
15 how โ”โž• (what-with)
16 not โŒ
17 all โ™พ๏ธ
18 many โซ
19 some โฌ
20 few โฌ
21 other ๐Ÿ™ƒ
22 one 1๏ธโƒฃ
23 two 2๏ธโƒฃ
24 three 3๏ธโƒฃ
25 four 4๏ธโƒฃ
26 five 5๏ธโƒฃ
27 big ๐Ÿ“ถ
28 long ๐Ÿ“
29 wide โ†”๏ธ
30 thick โ†”๏ธ
31 heavy ๐Ÿ‹
32 small ๐Ÿค
33 short ๐Ÿฉณ
34 narrow ๐Ÿค
35 thin ๐Ÿค
36 woman ๐Ÿ‘ฉ
37 man (adult male) ๐Ÿ‘จ
38 man (human being) ๐Ÿ‘ค
39 child ๐Ÿง’
40 wife ๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘ฉ (my woman)
41 husband ๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿ‘จ (my man)
42 mother ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฉ
43 father ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ๐Ÿ‘จ
44 animal ๐Ÿ’
45 fish ๐ŸŸ
46 bird ๐Ÿฆ
47 dog ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿถ (synonym)
48 louse ๐Ÿœ
49 snake ๐Ÿ
50 worm ๐Ÿชฑ
51 tree ๐ŸŒณ
52 forest ๐ŸŒฒ๐ŸŒณ
53 stick ๐Ÿฅข
54 fruit ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ’  (apple abstraction)
55 seed ๐ŸŒฑ
56 leaf ๐Ÿ
57 root ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿฆถ๐Ÿฆถ
58 bark (of a tree) ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿšง (tree boundary)
59 flower ๐ŸŒท
60 grass โ›ณ
61 rope ๐Ÿงถ
62 skin ๐Ÿšง๐Ÿ‘ค๐Ÿฐ (boundary body-part)
63 meat ๐Ÿฅฉ
64 blood ๐Ÿฉธ
65 bone ๐Ÿฆด
66 fat (noun) ๐Ÿ›ข๏ธ
67 egg ๐Ÿฅš
68 horn ๐Ÿ“ฏ
69 tail ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ
70 feather ๐Ÿชถ
71 hair ๐Ÿฆฑ, ๐Ÿฆฐ, ๐Ÿฆณ
72 head ๐Ÿง‘
73 ear ๐Ÿ‘‚
74 eye ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ
75 nose ๐Ÿ‘ƒ
76 mouth ๐Ÿ‘„
77 tooth ๐Ÿฆท
78 tongue (organ) ๐Ÿ‘…
79 fingernail ๐Ÿ’…
80 foot ๐Ÿฆถ
81 leg ๐Ÿฆต
82 knee ๐Ÿฆต๐Ÿ”—
83 hand ๐Ÿ–
84 wing โœˆ๏ธ๐Ÿฐ (plane part)
85 belly ๐Ÿคฐ
86 guts ๐Ÿ’ฉ๐Ÿ‘ค๐Ÿฐ (feces body-part)
87 neck ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿ”—
88 back ๐Ÿ‘ค๐Ÿ”™
89 breast ๐Ÿคฑ
90 heart ๐Ÿซ€
91 liver ๐Ÿ›ข๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ค๐Ÿฐ (fat body-part)
92 to drink ๐Ÿฅ›
93 to eat ๐Ÿ˜‹
94 to bite ๐Ÿง›
95 to suck ๐Ÿผ
96 to spit ๐Ÿคคโคต๏ธ
97 to vomit ๐Ÿคฎ
98 to blow ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ
99 to breathe ๐Ÿ‘ƒ
100 to laugh ๐Ÿ˜„
101 to see ๐Ÿ‘€
102 to hear ๐Ÿ‘‚
103 to know ๐Ÿง 
104 to think ๐Ÿค”
105 to smell ๐Ÿฝ
106 to fear ๐Ÿ˜ฑ
107 to sleep ๐Ÿ˜ด
108 to live ๐Ÿงฌ
109 to die โšฐ๏ธ
110 to kill ๐Ÿ”ซ
111 to fight โš”๏ธ
112 to hunt ๐Ÿน๐Ÿƒ
113 to hit ๐Ÿ‘Š, ๐Ÿคœ (synonym), ๐Ÿค› (synonym)
114 to cut โœ‚๏ธ
115 to split ๐Ÿช“
116 to stab ๐Ÿ“ฅ๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ
117 to scratch ๐Ÿ’…
118 to dig โ›๏ธ
119 to swim ๐ŸŠ
120 to fly ๐Ÿฆ (by oneself), โœˆ๏ธ (airplane etc.)
121 to walk ๐Ÿšถ
122 to come ๐Ÿ
123 to lie (as in a bed) ๐Ÿ›Œ
124 to sit ๐Ÿช‘
125 to stand ๐Ÿง
126 to turn (intransitive) ๐Ÿช› (with reflexive pronoun)
127 to fall ๐Ÿ‚
128 to give ๐Ÿ’
129 to hold ๐Ÿคผ
130 to squeeze ๐Ÿ—œ๏ธ
131 to rub ๐Ÿ’†๐Ÿ”„
132 to wash ๐Ÿงผ
133 to wipe ๐Ÿงป
134 to pull ๐Ÿคฒ
135 to push ๐Ÿ‘
136 to throw ๐Ÿคพ
137 to tie ๐Ÿชข
138 to sew ๐Ÿชก
139 to count ๐Ÿ”ข
140 to say ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
141 to sing ๐ŸŽค
142 to play ๐ŸŽฒ (game), ๐ŸŽถ (music), ๐ŸŽญ (role)
143 to float ๐Ÿ•ด
144 to flow ๐Ÿž๏ธ
145 to freeze ๐Ÿฅถ (intransitive), ๐ŸงŠ (transitive)
146 to swell ๐Ÿ“ˆ
147 sun โ˜€๏ธ
148 moon ๐ŸŒ™
149 star โญ
150 water ๐Ÿ’ง
151 rain ๐ŸŒง๏ธ
152 river ๐Ÿž๏ธ
153 lake ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ“ (water place)
154 sea ๐ŸŒŠ
155 salt ๐Ÿง‚
156 stone ๐Ÿชจ
157 sand ๐Ÿ–๏ธ
158 dust โœจ
159 earth โ›ณ (soil), ๐ŸŒ (planet)
160 cloud โ˜๏ธ
161 fog ๐ŸŒ
162 sky ๐ŸŒƒ
163 wind ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ
164 snow ๐ŸŒจ๏ธ
165 ice ๐ŸงŠ
166 smoke ๐Ÿšฌ
167 fire ๐Ÿ”ฅ
168 ash ๐Ÿ”ฅโšฑ๏ธ (fire remainder)
169 to burn ๐Ÿ”ฅ
170 road ๐Ÿ›ฃ๏ธ
171 mountain โ›ฐ๏ธ, ๐Ÿ”๏ธ (snow-capped)
172 red ๐Ÿ”ด
173 green ๐ŸŸข
174 yellow ๐ŸŸก
175 white โšช
176 black โšซ
177 night ๐ŸŒ›, ๐ŸŒœ (synonym), ๐ŸŒš (dark)
178 day ๐ŸŒž
179 year ๐ŸŒทโ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ‚โ˜ƒ๏ธ
180 warm ๐Ÿฅต
181 cold ๐Ÿฅถ
182 full ๐Ÿ“ฌ, ๐ŸŒ• (poetic)
183 new ๐Ÿ†•
184 old ๐Ÿ—๏ธ
185 good ๐Ÿ‘
186 bad ๐Ÿ‘Ž
187 rotten ๐Ÿš๏ธ
188 dirty ๐Ÿ’ฉ
189 straight ๐ŸŽฏ
190 round โญ•
191 sharp (as a knife) ๐Ÿ”ช
192 dull (as a knife) โŒ๐Ÿ”ช (not sharp)
193 smooth ๐Ÿฆ
194 wet ๐Ÿ’ฆ
195 dry ๐Ÿœ๏ธ
196 correct โœ…
197 near ๐Ÿ’†
198 far โ†–๏ธ
199 right โžก๏ธ
200 left โฌ…๏ธ
201 at ๐Ÿ“
202 in ๐Ÿ“ฅ
203 with โž•
204 and โž•
205 if โ–ถ๏ธ (then)
206 because โ—€๏ธ
207 name ๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ

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