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From: sorflat@utopia.UUCP (John Sorflaten)
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Subject: Seeking word lists with frequency of use
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After reading about Webster's 2a being available, I am inspired to
dare ask for a word list of any language.  The first 5000 words are
about all I need, with data reflecting their percentage of use in
standard text.  (For instance, "the" will reflect a high percentage
of usage in English.)  

For starters, I'm really interested in English, Korean, Chinese,
Arabic, Hebrew and Hindi.  For non-roman languages such as Chinese,
there exist standard identification numbers for each word (character)
in the vocabulary.  Other non-roman languages such as Arabic, Hebrew
and Hindi are another issue.  I don't know if standard ASCII
methods of text transmission is possible for those instances. (Let me know.) 

English is our current high priority!  

Book references or hard copies are ok.  
		  John Sorflaten
		  c/o G.I.T.
		  PO Box 628 Fairfield,    
		  IA 52556              tel (515) 472-5979

Thanks in advance.