This is the first version of Blust's modified list for lexicostatistical comparison which would later become the Blust 2008 210 of the ABVD project. The list is mentioned in Blust 2000 yet it is not printed there, and it was prepared as a manuscript that was presented at a conference in 1981 but was never published. Robert Blust was so friendly to provide us with a digital version of his original list.