written by Dakota Wang

This list is based on a combination of the items in the Swadesh list and Leipzig-Jakarta list (which linguists may make use of for the purpose of historical-comparative study of languages).

• 1. Bì dòu, fire
• 2. Bà miáo, nose
• 3. Nuò, to go
• 4. Àng, water
• 5. Bâ niū, mouth
• 6. Qì, blood
• 7. Bú sāng, bone
• 8. bà guò, root
• 9. Luò, to come
• 10. Mà, breast
• 11. Náng, rain
• 12. Bú, name
• 13. Dà dēi, louse
• 14. Wū dâ ái, wing
• 15. Niā, flesh, meat
• 16. Xìng zhà en, arm
• 17. én , fly
• 18. Mú háng jió, night
• 19. Zháo mu niáng, ear
• 20. Sàng àng, neck
• 21. ào u,far
• 22. Chāng, do
• 23. Biào, house
• 24. Gū rào,