Appendix talk:Tok Pisin Swadesh list

Please remove commas and incorrect divisions of phrases

There seems to have been some kind of process that has automatically divided multi-word phrases into single words separated by commas. For example "wanem, taim" for "when" (literally "what, time") and "no, brait" for "narrow" (literally "not, wide"). Commas are used in Swadesh lists to show alternative words, but these are not alternative words. "No" is not a possible translation of "narrow". It simply means "no" or "not". Likewise, "brait" is also not a possible translation of "narrow". It means "wide/broad", which is the exact opposite of the intended meaning. The full phrase is "no brait". Both words, together and unseparated by a comma, are necessary for the meaning. Please fix this!

Here are the examples I spotted where the commas should be removed:

wanem, ples -> wanem ples

wanem, taim -> wanem taim

olsem, wanem -> olsem wanem

no, brait - no brait

liklik, snek - liklik snek

ol, samting, insait, long, bodi -> ol samting insait long bodi

Here are a couple of additional errors I have spotted. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to edit Swadesh list here directly as the code seems to be stored somewhere else.

maut -> maus nektait -> nektai 120.22.82.85 05:22, 13 March 2023 (UTC)