The current list was used to investigate some basic characteristics of the La Chí language spoken in Bản Díu, comparing it with La Chí varieties in Bản Máy and Bản Phùng The concepts are claimed to be generally based on the 100-item list of Swadesh (presumably, the Swadesh 1955 100). The data for the analysis come from the materials collected by Nguyễn Văn Lợi, Nguyễn Thu Quỳnh and Dương Thu Hằng during their field trips in the respective regions.