[Lexicog] Words that are absent in particular languages

John Roberts dr_john_roberts at SIL.ORG
Thu Mar 23 00:14:21 UTC 2006


Amele (Papuan) does not have an equivalent for any of the following from the 
100 most common English words:

to, be, as, have, can (verb or noun), use, the, by, when, each, then, so, 
number, over, than, people, may, down

as well as thousands of other English words.

John Roberts




 
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