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lexicostatistics

linguistic technique

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Austronesian languages

  • Austronesian languages
    In Austronesian languages: Vocabulary

    Lexicostatistics, a controversial method for studying word replacement in relation to subgrouping, often distinguishes a subset of terms called “basic vocabulary.” Lists of basic vocabulary words typically include those for body parts, terms for everyday natural phenomena (sky, wind, rain, sun, star, earth, stone, water,…

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South American Indian languages