Basic 200 List

The **Basic 200 List** is a subset of the Landau Core Vocabulary (LCV) developed by James Landau (Khemehekis/Savegraduation). It is Part I of the entire LCV. This list consists of 200 basic concepts that basically all anthropic cultures will have and have words for.

Because of the disambiguating nature of the LCV, its subset the Basic 200 List makes many semantic distinctions that are not made in English (e.g "leaf (on plant)" vs. "leaf (fallen off)"), and some that are not made in any SAE language (e.g. "river (flowing into the sea)" vs. "river (flowing into another river)"). By no means does a conlang have to make every distinction that is made in the Basic 200 List.

## The list

1. left (direction)
2. right (direction)
3. good (in quality)
4. bad (in quality)
5. white
6. black
7. short (length)
8. long (length)
9. wide
10. thin
11. thick
12. small
13. big
14. heavy
15. cold (water)
16. warm (water)
17. hot (water)
18. low (in altitude)
19. high (in altitude)
20. deep (vertically)
21. dry
22. wet
23. soft
24. hard
25. slow
26. fast
27. new
28. old (opposite of new)
29. straight
30. top (of mountain, hill)
31. bottom (of mountain, hill)
32. front (of house)
33. back (of house)
34. to play (a game)
35. to meet (for the first time)
36. to think (cogitate)
37. to know (information)
38. to know (a person)
39. to love (romantically, eros)
40. to love (as a friend)
41. to speak, to talk
42. to say
43. to ask (a question)
44. to thank
45. to sing (of a person)
46. to build (construct)
47. to take (pick up and carry)
48. to give
49. to pull
50. to push
51. to touch
52. to blow (breathe out)
53. to throw
54. to break (glass, plate)
55. to cut (with knife)
56. to dig
57. to sit, to be sitting
58. to stand, to be standing
59. to lie (on back)
60. to fall
61. to cry
62. to laugh
63. to close (one’s eyes)
64. to open (one’s eyes)
65. to breathe
66. to eat (of people)
67. to drink
68. to sleep
69. to see (with the eyes)
70. to hear
71. to feel (with the sense of touch)
72. smooth (of surface)
73. rough (of surface)
74. to wash (body parts)
75. to go (on foot)
76. to come (towards third party)
77. to turn (change direction)
78. to climb (a tree)
79. to climb (a mountain, hill)
80. to dance
81. to fly
82. to run
83. to swim
84. to walk
85. to bite (of mammal)
86. to hurt (injure)
87. to kick
88. to kill (person)
89. to fight (physically, intransitive)
90. world
91. sun
92. star
93. moon (the Moon)
94. sky
95. wind
96. rain
97. cloud
98. water (cold, moving)
99. water (hot, moving)
100. water (cold, not moving)
101. water (hot, not moving)
102. ice
103. air (sky)
104. light (natural)
105. fire
106. earth (ground, dirt)
107. wood
108. dust
109. rock, stone
110. salt (in sea)
111. sand
112. soil, dirt
113. mountain
114. sea (ocean)
115. river (flowing into the sea)
116. river (flowing into another river)
117. lake
118. to flow (move in a stream)
119. morning (early morning)
120. morning (late morning)
121. day, daytime
122. evening
123. night
124. round (spherical)
125. to freeze (transitive)
126. to burn (transitive)
127. food (I need ~ and water)
128. to cook
129. meat
130. fruit (as food)
131. water (as drink or for cooking, cold)
132. water (as drink or for cooking, hot)
133. home, house
134. music
135. clothes
136. leaf (on plant)
137. leaf (fallen off)
138. seed (to be planted)
139. seed (inside apple, watermelon, etc.)
140. stick
141. wing (of vertebrate)
142. body
143. hair (mass, on head)
144. head
145. face
146. eye
147. nose
148. mouth
149. tooth
150. tongue
151. ear
152. neck
153. arm
154. hand
155. finger
156. nail
157. knee
158. foot
159. skin (as an organ)
160. heart
161. blood
162. tear
163. egg (as reproductive device)
164. life (experience of living)
165. to live (be alive)
166. mind (center of thoughts and emotions)
167. to grow (intransitive)
168. to die (of a person)
169. happy
170. sad
171. afraid
172. angry
173. plant
174. flower
175. tree
176. mother
177. father
178. older sister (of a sister)
179. older sister (of a brother)
180. younger sister (of a sister)
181. younger sister (of a brother)
182. older brother (of a sister)
183. older brother (of a brother)
184. younger brother (of a sister)
185. younger brother (of a brother)
186. child (reciprocal of parent)
187. daughter (of a mother)
188. daughter (of a father)
189. son (of a mother)
190. son (of a father)
191. person/people
192. baby
193. child (prepubescent person)
194. girl (female child)
195. boy (male child)
196. girl (young woman)
197. boy (young man)
198. woman
199. man (as distinguished from woman)
200. friend (person with mutual liking and shared fun)