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
gender └ masculine, feminine, neuter
noun
pronoun └ personal pronoun └ first / second / third-person singular / plural
verb ├ transitive verb, intransitive verb ├ modal verb ├ reflexive verb ├ auxillary verb
phrase
tense
└ past / present / future
aspect
└ simple / progressive / perfect
mood
Sapir–Whorf hypothesis