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What is NSM?
Main Authors
The NSM toolkit
- Semantic primes
  - Substantives
    - I
    - YOU
    - SOMEONE
    - SOMETHING/THING
    - PEOPLE
    - BODY
  - Relational substantives
    - PART(S)
  - Determiners
    - THIS
    - THE SAME
    - OTHER/ELSE
  - Quantifiers
    - ONE
    - TWO
    - SOME
    - ALL
    - MUCH/MANY
  - Evaluators
    - GOOD
    - BAD
  - Descriptors
  - Mental predicates
    - KNOW
    - THINK
    - WANT
    - DON’T WANT
    - FEEL
    - SEE
    - HEAR
    - IMAGINE (abandoned)
  - Location, existence, specification
  - Possession
    - (BE) MINE
    - HAVE (abandoned)
  - Speech
    - SAY
    - TRUE
    - WORDS
  - Life and death
    - LIVE
    - DIE
  - Actions, events, movement
    - HAPPEN
    - MOVE
    - DO
  - Time
    - WHEN~TIME
    - NOW
    - AFTER / BEFORE
    - MOMENT
  - Place
    - WHERE/PLACE
    - HERE
    - ABOVE
    - UNDER (abandoned)
    - BELOW
    - FAR
    - NEAR
    - SIDE [previously ON (…) SIDE]
    - INSIDE
    - TOUCH
    - ON (abandoned)
    - WORLD (abandoned)
  - Logical concepts
    - NOT
    - MAYBE
    - CAN
    - BECAUSE
    - IF
    - VERY
    - MORE
  - Augmentor, intensifier
  - Similarity
- Semantic molecules
- Semantic templates
- Cultural scripts
- Pedagogical scripts
Languages
- Afroasiatic
  - Amharic
  - Arabic
  - Goemai
  - Hebrew
  - Tarifyt Berber
  - Tuareg
- Australian
  - Arrernte
  - Bunuba
  - Burarra
  - Dalabon
  - Ilgar / Iwaidja
  - Kayardild
  - Lardil
  - Martu Wangka
  - Mayali (= Bininj Gunwok)
  - Murrinhpatha
  - Ngan’gityemerri
  - Nhaalya
  - Pintupi
  - Rembarrnga
  - Walmatjari
  - Warlpiri
  - Yankunytjatjara
  - Yolngu Matha
- Austroasiatic
  - Palaung
  - Vietnamese
- Austronesian
  - Acehnese
  - Balinese
  - Cèmuhî
  - Ciacia
  - Dengka
  - Iban
  - Ifaluk
  - Ilongot
  - Indonesian
  - Javanese
  - Longgu
  - Madurese
  - Malay
  - Manggarai
  - Maori
  - Minangkabau
  - Samoan
  - Tagalog
- Creoles
- Dravidian
  - Solega
  - Tamil
- Eskaleut
  - Kalaallisut
- Indo-European
- Japonic
  - Japanese
- Koreanic
  - Korean
- Native American
  - Dene
  - East Cree
  - Jaqi
  - Kashaya
  - Maricopa
  - Misumalpan
  - Patwin
  - Pirahã
  - Quechua
  - Tzeltal
  - Wintu
- Niger-Congo
  - Akan
  - Ewe
  - Giryama
  - Gusii
  - Igala
  - Wolof
- Papuan
  - Kalam
  - Koromu
  - Makasai
  - Mbula
- Sino-Tibetan
- Tai-Kadai
  - Lao
  - Thai
- Turkic
  - Turkish
- Uralic
  - Finnish
  - Hungarian
Broad topics
Illustrations
- CORONAVIRUS
- Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations (1776)
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