Swadesh
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Swadesh may refer to
- A Swadesh listSwadesh listA Swadesh list is one of several lists of vocabulary with basic meanings, developed by Morris Swadesh from 1940 onward, with the final, posthumously published version 1971 [1972], which is used in lexicostatistics and glottochronology .- Versions and authors :There are several versions of Swadesh...
, named after its creator, Morris Swadesh - Swadesh in Hindi means "one's own country"
- The movie SwadesSwadesSwades: We, the People is a 2004 Indian film written, produced and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. The film stars Shahrukh Khan and debutante Gayatri Joshi...
People
- Swadesh BharatiSwadesh BharatiSwadesh Bharati is a Hindi poet, recipient of “Premchand Award” and “Sahitya Bhushan Award”. He lives in Kolkata from where he edits Rupambara, a literary bilingual quarterly journal. He has been in active field of creative writing since more than 45 years...
(born 1939), Award winning Hindi poet - Swadesh BoseSwadesh BoseDr Swadesh Bose was a renowned Bangladeshi economist and organiser of the Liberation War. Born at Kashipur in Barisal, Swadesh Bose was a member of the planning cell of the Mujibnagar government during the Liberation War...
(1928–2009), Bangladeshi economist and Liberation War organiser - Swadesh Chakraborty (born 1943), Indian politician
- Swadesh DeepakSwadesh DeepakSwadesh Deepak is a popular Indian playwright, novelist and short-story writer. Deepak has been active on the Hindi literary scene since the mid 1960s and is best known for Court Martial, a pathbreaking play that he published in 1991. Deepak's most recent book is Maine Mandu Nahin Dekha, a...
(born 1942), Indian playwright, novelist and short-story writer - Morris SwadeshMorris SwadeshMorris Swadesh was an influential and controversial American linguist. In his work, he applied basic concepts in historical linguistics to the Indigenous languages of the Americas...
(1909–1967), American linguist - Swadesh Roy (born 1961), Indian journalist and writer