Linguistic Archaeology: That time we learned to Spit

 To Spit in almost every language

1. To Spit
2. Om te spoeg
3. Për të pështyrë
4. lemetifati
5. 'an yabsiq
6. T’k’el
7. *B* (assamese)
8. Ukax Thuqhuñawa
9. TUPURMAK (azerbaijani)
10. KA*AFISE* (bambara)
11. Txu egiteko
12. Pliavać
13. Thutu
14. Plyuya
15. Per escopir
16. Sa Pagluwa
17. Ku lavula
18. Tǔ
19. À Sputà
20. Pljunuti
21. Na plivat
22. At spytte
23. Kraĉi (esperanto)
24. Be Woaɖe Ta
25. Dumura
26. Sylkeen
27. Cracher
28. Para Cuspir
29. dapurtkheba
30. Spucken
31. Ftýno
32. Oescupi haguã
33. Thūṅkavuṁ
34. Pou krache
35. Tofa
36. E kuha
37. *JR*K (hebrew)
38. thookana
39. To Nplas
40. Köpni
41. Ath spýta
42. Ịgbasa ọnụ mmiri
43. Tapno Agtupra
44. Meludah
45. Sputare
46. Tsubawohaku
47. Kanggo ngidoni
48. Uguḷuvudu
49. Tükirw
50. daembi staoh tukmeat
51. Gucira amacandwe
52. *A* (konkani)
53. chim-eul baetda
54. TFKR*N (sorani kurdish)
55. Tükürüü
56. thom noalai
57. Ad Sputo (latin)
58. Uz spļaut
59. Mpo na Kobwakela nsoi
60. Spjauti
61. Okufuuwa Amalusu
62. Zu Spitzen
63. Da plukaš
64. Untuk meludah
65. tuppān
66. Biex Bżiq
67. Ki Tuha
68. Thuṅkaṇē
69. Nulimakh
70. tan tway htway raan
71. Thuknu
72. Å spytte
73. Tufuutti
74. SPK*L (pashto)
75. TFKRDN (persian)
76. pluć
77. Cuspir
78. Thukaṇa la'ī
79. Escupir
80. A scuipa
81. Plevatʹ
82. Ia Fenu
83. *A* (sanskrit)
84. Go Marela Mare
85. Ho Mathe
86. A*LAE* (sindhi)
87. keḷa gæsīmaṭa
88. Pľuť
89. Pljuvati
90. Si loo tufiyo
91. Escupir
92. Pikeun nyiduh
93. Kutema mate
94. Att spotta
95. Tuf kardan
96. Tuppuvataṟku
97. T*EPEPD* (tatar)
98. Um'mivēyuṭaku
99. T̄h̀m n̂ảlāy
100. *M*E (tigrinya)
101. Ku Tshwutela
102. Tükürmek
103. Tüýkürmek
104. Sɛ Wɔteɛteɛm
105. Plyuvaty
106. TH*KNE (urdu)
107. T*R* (uyghur)
108. Tupurish
109. Để nhổ
110. I Boeri
111. Ukutshica
112. tsu shpayen
113. Lati tutọ
114. Ukukhafula



Popularity of Use
A       %      E      %       I       %      O       %        U         %
70  61%    48  42%     40  35%   26    23%       65  57%

B       %      C      %       D       %      F       %        G         %
10   8%      16  14%    16  14%     10   8%        10    8%

H       %      J      %       K       %      L       %        M         %
32  28%     4    3%      44  38%     34  30%      25    22%

N       %      P      %       Q       %      R       %        S         %
32  28%     45  39%     3     2%      29  25%      40  35%

T       %      V      %       W       %      X       %        Y         %
69  61%     10  8%       11     9%      3     2%        16  14%

Z       %
3     2%


Popularity of use
61% T, A: *A* (konkani), *A* (sanskrit),
57% U, T, A: Tǔ,
42% E, U, T, A:
39% P, E, U, T, A:
38% K, P, E, U, T, A:
35% S, I, K, P, E, U, T, A: À Sputà,
30% L, S, I, K, P, E, U, T, A: SPK*L (pashto), A*LAE* (sindhi), Pľuť, T’k’el,
28% N, H, L, S, I, K, P, E, U, T, A: Thukaṇa la'ī, TH*KNE (urdu), tuppān, Ki Tuha, Thuṅkaṇē, Thuknu, Thutu, E kuha,
25% R, N, H, L, S, I, K, P, E, U, T, A: T*R* (uyghur), Tupurish, Sputare, Tükürüü,
23% O, R, N, H, L, S, I, K, P, E, U, T, A: Att spotta, Lati tutọ, thookana, To Nplas, Köpni, To Spit,
22% M, O, R, N, H, L, S, I, K, P, E, U, T, A: *M*E (tigrinya), Tükürmek, Ho Mathe, Kutema mate, Untuk meludah, Nulimakh, TUPURMAK (azerbaijani), thom noalai,
14% Y, C, D, M, O, R, N, H, L, S, I, K, P, E, U, T, A: Để nhổ, Ukutshica, tsu shpayen, Tuf kardan, T*EPEPD* (tatar), Tüýkürmek, Escupir, Pikeun nyiduh, T̄h̀m n̂ảlāy, Ad Sputo (latin), Da plukaš, Å spytte, Ath spýta, Meludah, Cracher, Para Cuspir, Spucken, Pou krache, Escupir, A scuipa, pluć, Cuspir, At spytte, Kraĉi (esperanto), Dumura, Sylkeen, Plyuya, Për të pështyrë, Per escopir,
9% W, Y, C, D, M, O, R, N, H, L, S, I, K, P, E, U, T, A: Ku Tshwutela, Sɛ Wɔteɛteɛm, Mpo na Kobwakela nsoi, tan tway htway raan, Tükirw,
8% V, G, F, B, W, Y, C, D, M, O, R, N, H, L, S, I, K, P, E, U, T, A: Ia Fenu, Si loo tufiyo, Tufuutti, TFKRDN (persian), Tofa, KA*AFISE* (bambara), Okufuuwa Amalusu, Ftýno, Ukukhafula, lemetifati, TFKR*N (sorani kurdish), Go Marela Mare, keḷa gæsīmaṭa, Kanggo ngidoni, Uguḷuvudu, Gucira amacandwe, Ịgbasa ọnụ mmiri, Tapno Agtupra, Sa Pagluwa, Oescupi haguã, Om te spoeg, Um'mivēyuṭaku, Plyuvaty, Tuppuvataṟku, Thūṅkavuṁ, Plevatʹ, Na plivat, Ku lavula, Pliavać, chim-eul baetda, I Boeri, daembi staoh tukmeat, Tsubawohaku, Be Woaɖe Ta, dapurtkheba, *B* (assamese),
3% J, V, G, F, B, W, Y, C, D, M, O, R, N, H, L, S, I, K, P, E, U, T, A: Pljunuti, Pljuvati, *JR*K (hebrew), Spjauti,
2% Z, X, Q, J, V, G, F, B, W, Y, C, D, M, O, R, N, H, L, S, I, K, P, E, U, T, A: Zu Spitzen, Biex Bżiq, Uz spļaut, Ukax Thuqhuñawa, Txu egiteko, an yabsiq,



Conclusion: Unresolved at A/T, The earliest incomplete are *A* (konkani), *A* (sanskrit), at less than 61%.
At 57% the earliest complete spit is Tǔ (chinese). This is followed by a bandgap from 42%-38%.
Rising from 35% to a peak at 14%, dropping back at 9%, then peaking at 8% before declining down to 2%.