Linguistic Archaeology: the Bo- phonetic in indonesian

Indonesian Subgroup (bo-)

1. Babon
2. Bobot
3. Bobrok
4. Bodoh
5. Bogel
6. Bohong
7. Boikot
8. Bojong
9. Boket
10. Bokong
11. Bokor
12. Boktja
13. Bola
14. Bolak-balik
15. Boleh
16. Bolong
17. Bolos
18. Bolsak
19. Bom
20. Boneka
21. Bongkak
22. Bongkar
23. Bongol
24. Bonjor
25. Bontjeng
26. Bontjis
27. Bopeng
28. Bopet
29. Bor
30. Bordir
31. Borek
32. Borong
33. Boros
34. Bosan
35. Botak
36. Botjor
37. Botol
38. Laboratorium
39. Lombok
40. Obor
41. Perabot
42. Roboh
43. Robohan
44. Rombong
45. Sabot
46. Sabotir
47. Sembojan
48. Serobot
49. Sombong
50. Tambo
51. Tembok
52. Tembolok
53. Terobos
54. Tjebol
55. Tjeroboh
56. Tjombol
57. Tombok
58. Tombong

Word length
Length     3       4        5         6         7          8        9       10        11       12
Qty.           2       2        17       19      18        4         0       1         0          1

Popularity of use
Vowels
A             %            E             %           I            %           O           %        U             %
14/58     24%      16/58     27%     5/58     8%        58/58  100%  1*/58    1%

Consonants

B              %           C             %          D             %         F            %        G              %
58/58     100%    0/58       0%       1/58       1%       0/58      0%     14/58     24%

H             %            J             %           K            %           L           %        M             %
5/58       8%          10/58   17%      17/58   29%      14/58    24%  12/58     20%

N             %            P             %           Q            %           R           %        S             %
20/58    34%        3/58     5%          0/58     0%         20/58   34%  12/58     20%

T             %            V             %           W            %           X           %        Y             %
23/58     39%      0/58       0%         0/58      0%         0/58     0%     0/58       0%

Z             %     
0/58      0%

Popularity of Use (within bo- subgroup)
100%             {B, o} Boo, Obo, Bob, Bobo,
39%                {T, b, o} Bobot
34%                {N, t, b, o, r} Bor, Obor
29%                {K, n, t, b, o, r} Bok, Book, Bokor, Bobrok,
27%                {E, k, n, t, b, o, r} Borek, Boket,
24%                {A, g, l, e, k, n, t, b, o, r} -gal, Botol, Botak, Borong, Bongol, Bongkar, Bongkak, Boneka, Bolong, Bola, Bokong, Bogel, Babon
20%                {M, s, a, g, l, e, k, n, t, b, o, r} Lom, Tombok, Tembok, Tambo, Tombong, Terobos, Tembolok, Sombong, Serobot, Sabotir, Sabot, Rombong, Lombok, Bosan, Boros, Bom, Bolsak, Bolos,
17%                {J, m, s, a, g, l, e, k, n, t, b, o, r} Tjombol, Tjebol, Sembojan, Botjor, Bontjeng, Bonjor, Boktja, Bojong,
8%                   {H, i, j, m, s, a, g, l, e, k, n, t, b, o, r} Tjeroboh, Robohan, Roboh, Bontjis, Boleh, Bolak-balik, Boikot, Bohong,
5%                   {P, h, i, j, m, s, a, g, l, e, k, n, t, b, o, r} Perabot, Bopet, Bopeng,
1%                   {U, d, p, h, i, j, m, s, a, g, l, e, k, n, t, b, o, r} Laboratorium, Bordir, Bodoh,
0%                   {C, f, q, v, w, x, y, z}

Weight

Bobot (Weight) marks the most common use of the bo- subgroup representing quantification of materials based on weight, and possibly trade. 39% popularity of use.

Tinder drill
Bor (Borer, drill) and Obor (Torch) are the next most common use possibly representing mining and/or illumination of the dark (perhaps representing the appearance of the tinder drill). 34% popularity of use.

Lombok

The appearance of the town of Lombok or the red pepper (thanks to the arrival of the letter m) represents a significant surge in language development in the 20% popularity range (29% of bo- subgroup words enjoy 20% popularity within bo- subgroup users).