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100-word list for your Mother tongue

Good day! Could you help me and provide translations for the following 100 basic word in your mother tongue. Not in the standard Hindi but in your native local variety (dialect) if you (used to) speak any (and then indicate please how you call your language /dialect and precise location like state –district – town/village). If there are synonyms or known dialectal variants provide them with comments if possible. Also please indicate if you know that certain words are borrowing. You can fill in right here using either IPA transcription or some other spelling you like (just describe your conventions). Thank you in advance! --Koryakov Yuri 12:40, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, Aksena! (Though I was amazed to find translation not here but on my Talk page!) Actually I'm gathering 100-word lists for as many as possible Indo-Aryan languages to try to build their classification on the firm lexicostatistical basis. Now I have lists for the most standard Indo-Aryan languages but lack many minor ones especially those spoken in the North (Kumauni, Garkhwali, etc.) and also many central varieties (like Eastern Hindi, Bhojpuri, Magadhi, etc). So I've searched the en-Wiki users for their native language and asked several people to help me. So if you know someone whose mother tongue is one of the minor Indo-Aryan languages please let me know. And another thing - is it a trouble for you to spell your translation in Roman letters? Since I could of course do it myself with a Devanagari table in my hands but it takes several hours. --Koryakov Yuri 21:54, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

You are very welcome! I am relatively new to Wikipedia and was therefore confused about how replies work. Thanks to you, now I am sure that messages are supposed to be kept on the same page. For minor Indo-Aryan languages, I would suggest you to go to Wikipedia pages of the regions where these languages are spoken and then contact people who have contributed extensively to those pages. For instance, you can visit Varanasi page and ask any major contributor for Bhojpuri translations. Try finding Bhojpuri translations this way. But if you fail, I also happen to know Bhojpuri translations of some of the words in your list, thanks to my friends living in Varanasi (unfortunately not on Wikipedia). As for roman spellings, please find below the updated list. I hope you understand that, although spelled in anglo characters, the pronunciations are very different from English words. I am familiar with IPA, however, converting so many words would be a meticulous work requiring a lot of time, which I don't have. Good luck! — Aksera 23:26, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

• I, me – मै - Mai
• thou (you, singular) – तुम - Tum
• we – हम - Hum
• this – यह - Yeh
• that – वह - Wah
• who? – कौन? - Kaun
• what? – क्या? - Kya
• not – नहीं - Nahin
• all – सब - Sab
• many – बहुत - Bahut
• one – ऐक - Ek
• two – दो - Doh
• big – बड़ा - Bada
• long – लम्बा - Lamba
• small – छोटा - Chota
• woman – औरत - Aurat
• woman (adult female) - लड़की - Ladki
• man (adult male) – लड़कॉ - Ladka
• man (human being) – ऑदमी - Aadmi
• fish – मछ़िल - Machli
• bird – िचिड़या - Chidia
• dog – कुत्ता - Kutta
• louse – ज़ू - Joo
• tree – पेड़ - Ped
• seed – बीज़ - Beej
• leaf – पत्ता (masculine) / पत्ती (feminine) - Patta / Patti
• root – ज़ड़ - Jad
• bark (of a tree) – छ़ाल - Chaal
• skin – ख़ाल - Khaal
• meat (flesh) – माँस - Maans
• blood – ख़ून - Khoon
• bone – हड्डी - Haddi
• fat – मोटा (masculine) / मोटी (feminine) - Mota / Moti
• egg – अंडॉ - Anda
• horn -ं सींग - Seeng
• tail – पूंछ़ - Poonch
• feather (of a bird) – पँख़ - Pankh
• hair – बाल - Baal
• head – िसर - Sir
• ear – कान - Kaan
• eye – आँख - Aankh
• nose – नॉक - Naak
• mouth – मुहॅ - Muh
• tooth – दाँत - Daant
• tongue – जीब - Jeebh
• claw (nail) – नाख़ुन - Naakhun
• foot – पैर का पंजा - Pair ka Panja
• knee – घुटना - Ghutna
• hand – हाथ - Haath
• belly – पेट - Pet
• neck – गर्दन - Gardan
• breast(s) (of a woman) – स्तन - Ss-tan
• heart – हृदय - Hriday
• liver – िजगर - Jigar
• drink (verb) – पीना - Peena
• eat (verb) – खाना - Khaana
• bite (verb) – काटना (same translation for cut) - Kaatna
• see (verb) – देखना - Dekhna
• hear (verb) – सुनना - Sunna
• know (verb) – जानना - Jaanna
• sleep (verb) – सोना (same translation for gold) - Sona
• die (verb) – मरना - Marna
• kill (verb) – मारना - Maarna
• swim (verb) – तैरना - Tairna
• fly (verb) – ऊड़ना - Udna
• walk/go (verb) – चलनॉ (walk) / जानॉ (go) - Chalna / Jaana
• come (verb) – ऑना - Aana
• lie (down) (verb) – लेटना - Letna
• sit (verb) – बैठना - Baithna
• stand (verb) – खड़े होना - Khade hona
• give (verb) – देना - Dena
• say (verb) – कहना - Kahna
• sun – सूरॅज - Suraj
• moon – चॉँद - Chaand
• star – िसतार - Sitar
• water – पानी - Paani
• rain – बरसात - Barsaat
• stone – पत्थर - Patthar
• sand – बालु - Baalu
• earth – पृथवी - Prithvi
• cloud – बादल - Baadal
• smoke – धुँवा - Dhuan
• fire – ऑग - Aag
• ash – राखॅ - Raakh
• burn (trans. verb) – जलना - Jalna
• road (path) – सड़क - Sadak
• mountain – पर्वत - Parvat
• red – लाल - Laal
• green – हरा - Hara
• yellow – पीला - Peela
• white – सफेद् - Safed
• black – काला - Kaala
• night – रात - Raat
• warm (hot) – गरम - Garam
• cold – ठँडा - Thanda
• full – पूरा - Poora
• new – नया - Naya
• good – अछ़छ़ा - Accha
• round – गोल - Gol
• dry – सूखा - Sookha
• name – नाम - Naam