I think I'm getting pretty close to a basic working vocabulary.

He hadn't had time to build up anything but the most basic vocabulary.

This uses a short word list of basic vocabulary in the various languages for comparisons.

Even those who had a basic working vocabulary were often at a loss without knowledge of legal terms and concepts.

But they have become part of the current jazz musician's basic vocabulary.

It began to work out a basic vocabulary, at least of imperative commands.

They used sign language and pictures to work out a basic vocabulary.

How do they teach the basic vocabulary to their children, or convey the full stories of those myths in the first place?

However this category cut across groups of languages with shared basic vocabulary.

But it does give me a basic vocabulary to build on.