Re: Scandinavia and the Germanic tribes such as Goths, Vandals, Angl

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:

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> Most of the comparisons we see are based on the compositions of

dictionaries. English lexicon is obviously overwhelmingly non-AS at
the OED level but at the Swadesh level, isn't it about 90-95% Anglo-Saxon?

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> How do other languages compare at the Swadesh level?
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Pardon my ignorance, but who or what is Swadesh and what is the
Swadesh level?

Andrew