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Tuesday 10 January 2023

Linguistic Archaeology: The Discovery of Glass

Glass in almost every language
1. Glass
2. Glas
3. Xhami
4. birich’ik’o
5. zujaj
6. Apaki
7. Qhisphillu
8. Şüşe
9. Wɛɛrɛ
10. Beira
11. Šklo
12. Glāsa
13. *F (bhojpuri)
14. Staklo
15. Stŭklo
16. Vidre
17. Salamin
18. Galasi
19. Bōlí
20. Vetru
21. Sklenka
22. billoori
23. Vitro (esperanto)
24. Klaas
25. Ahuhɔ̃e
26. Lasi
27. Un verre
28. Glês
29. Vidro
30. mina
31. Potíri
32. Ñeangecha
33. Kāca
34. Gilashin
35. aniani
36. G*JA (hebrew)
37. kaanch
38. iav
39. Üveg
40. Gler
41. Sarming
42. Kaca
43. Gloine
44. Bicchiere
45. Garasu
46. Gāju
47. Şını
48. kanhchok
49. Ikirahure
50. *F (konkani)
51. yuli
52. Cam (kurmanji kurdish)
53. Aynek
54. aekv
55. vitrum (latin)
56. Stikls
57. Maneti
58. Stiklas
59. Kawuule
60. C* (maithili)
61. glās
62. Ħġieġ
63. Karaihe
64. Darthlalang
65. Shilen
66. hpaan
67. Gilāsa
68. Fuullee
69. *E*H (pashto)
70. *Y*E (persian)
71. Szkło
72. Lentes
73. Sticlă
74. Steklo
75. tioata
76. FSA (sanskrit)
77. Glainne
78. Galase
79. Khalase
80. Girazi
81. *Y*Y (sindhi)
82. vīduru
83. sklo
84. Muraayadaha
85. Vidrio
86. Kioo
87. Şişa
88. Kaṇṇāṭi
89. Y*LA (tatar)
90. Krack
91. *R* (tigrinya)
92. Nghilazi
93. Bardak
94. Aýna
95. Abobcdeɛ
96. *Y*H (urdu)
97. EEYNE* (uygur)
98. Shisha
99. Cốc thủy tinh
100. Gwydr
101. Iglasi
102. CLAP (yiddish)
103. Gilasi
104. Ingilazi



Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
59 57%    32 31%   46 44%  18 17%      17 16%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
7    6%     13 12%    8    7%     4    3%       25 24%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
23 22%    3   2%      26 25%   41 39%     8       7%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
24 23%    5   4%      1  <1%     25 24%      35 33%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
15 14%    9   8%     3     2%     1   <1%       11 10%

Z      %
5    4%



Popularity of use
57% A:
44% I, A:
39% L, I, A:
33% S, L, I, A: Şişa, Lasi,
31% E, S, L, I, A:
25% K, E, S, L, I, A: Klaas,
24% G, R, K, E, S, L, I, A: Iglasi, Gilasi, glās, Gilāsa, Galase, *R* (tigrinya), Gler, Glês, Glass, Glas, Glāsa, Galasi,
23% N, G, R, K, E, S, L, I, A: Glainne, Sklenka, aniani, Şını,
22% H, N, G, R, K, E, S, L, I, A: Khalase, Shisha, Ħġieġ, Karaihe, Shilen, *E*H (pashto), Gilashin,
18% O, H, N, G, R, K, E, S, L, I, A: sklo, Kioo, Šklo, Gloine,
16% U, O, H, N, G, R, K, E, S, L, I, A: Garasu, Ikirahure, Şüşe,
14% T, U, O, H, N, G, R, K, E, S, L, I, A: Lentes, Steklo, tioata, Kaṇṇāṭi, Stikls, Stiklas, Staklo, Stŭklo,
12% C, T, U, O, H, N, G, R, K, E, S, L, I, A: Krack, CLAP (yiddish), C* (maithili), Sticlă, Kaca, kanhchok, Ñeangecha, Kāca, kaanch, Ahuhɔ̃e,
10% Y, C, T, U, O, H, N, G, R, K, E, S, L, I, A: Aýna, *Y*H (urdu), EEYNE* (uygur), Cốc thủy tinh, *Y*Y (sindhi), Y*LA (tatar), yuli, Aynek, *Y*E (persian),
8% V, Y, C, T, U, O, H, N, G, R, K, E, S, L, I, A: aekv, Vitro (esperanto), Vetru, Un verre, iav, Üveg,
7% M, D, V, Y, C, T, U, O, H, N, G, R, K, E, S, L, I, A: Maneti, Muraayadaha, vitrum (latin), Cam (kurmanji kurdish), mina, Sarming, Salamin, vīduru, Vidrio, Darthlalang, Vidro, Vidre, Vidro,
6% B, M, D, V, Y, C, T, U, O, H, N, G, R, K, E, S, L, I, A: Bardak, Abobcdeɛ, billoori, Bicchiere, Beira, Bōlí, birich’ik’o,
4% Z, P, B, M, D, V, Y, C, T, U, O, H, N, G, R, K, E, S, L, I, A: Nghilazi, Ingilazi, hpaan, Szkło, Girazi, Apaki, Potíri,
3% F, Z, P, B, M, D, V, Y, C, T, U, O, H, N, G, R, K, E, S, L, I, A: Fuullee, FSA (sanskrit), *F (konkani), *F (bhojpuri),
2% W, J, F, Z, P, B, M, D, V, Y, C, T, U, O, H, N, G, R, K, E, S, L, I, A: Kawuule, Gwydr, G*JA (hebrew), Gāju, zujaj, Wɛɛrɛ,
<1% Q, X, W, J, F, Z, P, B, M, D, V, Y, C, T, U, O, H, N, G, R, K, E, S, L, I, A: Xhami, Qhisphillu,





Conclusion: Originating in the A-I-L linguistic subgroup:

A-I-L subgroup                         Sex          %        Dev. Chain
Yao                                              F           80%      (A; I; L; E; S)
Finnish                                       F           69%       (A; I; L; R; N; E)
Glass                                                       57%      (A; I; L; S; E; K)

Earliest known glass appears around 33% with Şişa (tajik), Lasi (finnish),
This is followed by a bandgap at 31%, and glass returns at 25% with Klaas (estonian) climbing to a peak at 24%. Knowledge of glass drops off, before peaking at 7% before declining to less than 1%.

Glass (?) was discovered by females. Does the use of Quartz (arrowheads) represent the discovery of glass? Or are we looking at obsidian? 

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