Wiktionary talk:Extended Basic English alphabetical wordlist

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Counting the words and other notes[change]

Hello, I would propose this modification (or something like this), for adding the numbers of words in each category. 

Personal notes:
4 words were added (least, less, more, most) btw the original list (en:Appendix:Basic_English_word_list or Wiktionary:Basic_English_ordered_wordlist)
Shouldn't "Extended Basic English" also known as the BE1500 contains 1500 words (and not 2025)? Pure question...
In the same way we find grey/gray and plough/plow, we could have behaviour/behavior, colour/color, harbour/harbor and humour/humor…


My proposal (I only add word counts):

This list consists of 2025 words
  • the Basic English 850 (854 words).
  • International words which are common (206 words).
  • 100 words of general interest, science or business, and 50 specialty words within that general area (661 words).
  • Compound words made up of Basic words, where the origin makes sense (215 words).
  • New words made from adding the allowed endings, -er, -ed, -ing, -ly, -s, and the prefix un- (89 words).


Regards. Coetledefretdena (talk) 13:24, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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