Swadesh List Search

This tool is powered by data compiled from the archives of The Rosetta Project, which previously had an online tool available here. It should be understood that the transcriptional conventions are somewhat odd or inconsistent at some points, due mostly to technological/encoding limitations when they digitized the data; thus, no attempt has been made here to standardize the data. This is because over one thousand languages are included, resulting in a total of over 250,000 words. I have attempted, however, to remove duplicates automatically. As a result, you should consult original descriptive grammars and/or dictionaries for confirmation prior to inclusion in any project for research or school, as this project is provided as-is.

NOTE: Please be mindful of the server when you run your query. Selecting too many combinations of words and languages will result in the server killing the process, so it's better to limit yourself to the entire list of words and a few languages or a reasonable combination of both. If you'd like to download the entire set of data, however, you can do so as a compressed text file here or as a compressed directory here.