Language/Multiple-languages/Vocabulary/Must‐Know-Words-for-Polyglots

Mainly about linguistic terms. Also other important things.

In progress. Far from being completed.

English
phone
phonetics
phoneme
syllable
consonant
vowel
International Phonetic Alphabet
root
affix prefix, suffix
noun [wikipedia:Grammatical_gender]gender masculine, feminine, neuter
pronoun personal pronoun first / second / third-person singular / plural
verb transitive verb, intransitive verb modal verb reflexive verb auxillary verb
phrase
tense [wikipedia:Past_tense]past, present, future
aspect simple, progressive, perfect
mood
voice active voice, passive voice
Sapir–Whorf hypothesis