The following is a list of common words and concepts that many languages are likely to have a word for, or other linguistic structure, and can be useful when getting a language started.
Adjectives
big
bitter
black
far
good
hard
heavy
long
new
not
old
red
small
sweet
thick
wide
Pronouns
he/she/it/him/her
I/me
this
you (singular)
Locative
in
near
on
under
Numeral
one
two
three (etc,)
ten
twenty (etc,)
hundred
thousand
(etc.)
Nouns
arm/hand
ash
back
bird
blood
bone
breast
bug
child
dog
ear
egg
eye
fire
fish
flesh/meat
fly
hair
horn
house
knee
land/country
leaf
leg/foot
liver
magic
mouth
name
navel
neck
night
nose
rain
root
rope
salt
sand
shade/shadow
skin/hide
smoke
soil
star
stone/rock
tail
thigh
tongue
tooth
water
wind
wing
wood
Question Words
how?
what?
when?
where?
who?
why?
Temporal
before
later
now
today
tomorrow
yesterday
Verbs
bite
blow
burn
carry
come
crush/grind
cry/weep
do/make
drink
eat
fall
give
go
hear
hide
hit/beat
know
laugh
run
say
see
stand
suck
take
tie
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