Universal patterns emerge across 22 languages, mapping how vocabularies evolve (phys.org)

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wglb 2mo ago ↗

Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2068/202...

homeonthemtn 2mo ago ↗

Ok neat but what are those outlier words? I bet that's fascinating.

saulpw 2mo ago ↗

Also see the Swadesh List[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swadesh_list