Memories of Connor's Adventures

Orlando the Adventurer pulled a Scimitar from beneath his Robes and smiled...

Thursday 30 March 2023

Linguistic Archaeology: That time the Sky caught our attention

 Sky in almost every language

1. Sky
2. lug
3. qielli
4. semayi
5. sama
6. yerkink
7. A* (assamese)
8. alaxpacha
9. sankolo
10. zerua
11. nieba
12. Ākāśa
13. *S (bhojpuri)
14. nebo
15. nebe
16. cel
17. langit
18. kumwamba
19. Tiānkōng
20. celu
21. himmel
22. udu
23. lucht
24. ĉielo (esperanto)
25. Taevas
26. Yame
27. Taivas
28. Ciel
29. Himel
30. Ceo
31. *A (georgian)
32. Ouranós
33. Ára
34. Syèl la
35. Lani
36. *M*M (hebrew)
37. aakaash
38. Ntuj
39. Ég
40. Himinn
41. Eluigwe
42. Langit
43. Spéir
44. Cielo
45. Sora
46. Aspan
47. mekh
48. Ijuru
49. M*B (konkani)
50. haneul
51. Skay
52. Asûman (kurmanji kurdish)
53. *AS*AN (sorani kurdish)
54. Asman
55. thongfa
56. Debesis
57. Mapata
58. Dangus
59. Eggulu
60. Neboto
61. *S (maithili)
62. aaksham
63. Sema
64. Rangi
65. Van
66. Tenger
67. tain lwhar
68. Samii
69. ASMAN (pashto)
70. ASMAN (persian)
71. Niebo
72. Céu
73. Asamāna
74. Hanaq pacha
75. Cer
76. Lagi
77. CC* (sanskrit)
78. speur
79. Lefaufau
80. Leholimo
81. *SMAN (sindhi)
82. ahasa
83. Cirka
84. Anga
85. Osmon
86. Vāṉam
87. K* (tatar)
88. Ākāśaṁ
89. Tĥxngf̂ā
90. G*Y (tigrinya)
91. Tilo
92. Gökyüzü
93. Wiem
94. *QMAN (urdu)
95. Bầu trời
96. Awyr
97. Isibhakabhaka
98. himl
99. Ọrun




Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
53 53%    34 34%   29 29%  14 14%      20 20%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
10 10%    12 12%   3    3%     2    2%       16 16%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
17 17%    2   2%     14 14%    24 24%     26   26%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
36 36%    6   6%      4    4%     16 16%      31 31%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
14 14%    4   4%      5     5%     2    2%       9     9%

Z      %
2    2%


Popularity of use
53% A: A* (assamese), *A (georgian),
36% N, A:
34% E, N, A:
31% S, E, N, A: *AS*AN (sorani kurdish), *S (maithili), *S (bhojpuri),
29% I, S, E, N, A:
26% M, I, S, E, N, A: Sema, Samii, ASMAN (pashto), ASMAN (persian), Asamāna, *SMAN (sindhi), *M*M (hebrew), Asman, sama,
24% L, M, I, S, E, N, A: Lani,
20% U, L, M, I, S, E, N, A: Asûman (kurmanji kurdish),
17% H, U, L, M, I, S, E, N, A: Himinn, haneul, ahasa, himl, himmel, Himel,
16% R, G, H, U, L, M, I, S, E, N, A: Lagi, Anga, Eggulu, Rangi, lug, Ára, Ég,
14% T, K, O, R, G, H, U, L, M, I, S, E, N, A: Osmon, K* (tatar), Ākāśaṁ, Tilo, Tenger, Leholimo, aaksham, Langit, Sora, mekh, Ouranós, aakaash, langit, Tiānkōng, sankolo, Ākāśa,
12% C, T, K, O, R, G, H, U, L, M, I, S, E, N, A: Cirka, Cielo, Cer, CC* (sanskrit), Céu, Ceo, lucht, ĉielo (esperanto), Ciel, cel, celu,
10% B, C, T, K, O, R, G, H, U, L, M, I, S, E, N, A: Bầu trời, Isibhakabhaka, Neboto, Niebo, M*B (konkani), nieba, nebo, nebe,
9% Y, B, C, T, K, O, R, G, H, U, L, M, I, S, E, N, A: Skay, G*Y (tigrinya), yerkink, Yame, Syèl la, semayi, Sky,
6% P, Y, B, C, T, K, O, R, G, H, U, L, M, I, S, E, N, A: Mapata, speur, Spéir, Aspan,
5% W, P, Y, B, C, T, K, O, R, G, H, U, L, M, I, S, E, N, A: Wiem, Awyr, kumwamba, Eluigwe, tain lwhar,
4% V, Q, W, P, Y, B, C, T, K, O, R, G, H, U, L, M, I, S, E, N, A: *QMAN (urdu), Ọrun, Vāṉam, Van, Hanaq pacha, qielli, Taevas, Taivas,
3% D, V, Q, W, P, Y, B, C, T, K, O, R, G, H, U, L, M, I, S, E, N, A: Dangus, udu, Debesis,
2% Z, X, J, F, D, V, Q, W, P, Y, B, C, T, K, O, R, G, H, U, L, M, I, S, E, N, A: Tĥxngf̂ā, Gökyüzü, Lefaufau, thongfa, Ntuj, Ijuru, alaxpacha, zerua,

Conclusion: Originating in the A-N-E subgroup;

A-N-E subgroup                         Sex          %        Dev. Chain                 Band Gap
At-lendh-eis                                              96%      (A; N; E; I; T)
Delaware                                      M         94%     (A; N; E; O; M, K, H)           U
• To Journey                                              76%     (A; N; E; R; T; I; O; U)
• To Circumcise                                        70%     (A; N; E; I; R; T; U; K)
• The Moon                                               70%    (A; N; E; M, L; U, I)
• Great Stone                                            63%    (A; N; E; R; T; I; L)
• Sky                                                           53%    (A; N; E; S; I; M; L; U; H)

The earliest complete Sky are 26%  with Sema (maltese), Samii (oromo), ASMAN (pashto), ASMAN (persian), Asamāna (punjabi), *SMAN (sindhi), *M*M (hebrew), Asman (kyrgyz), sama (arabic),

Peaks at 14%, declining to 3% before climbing at 2%.


That 26% is very regional. Once again... the Atlantis Subgroup.

Wednesday 22 March 2023

Linguistic Archaeology: Another look at Agricultural quantities

 Words in almost every language


Tar- (Tarea, Tarefa, Tarri)
• Tarea: 82.56 squ. Yd (Cuba); 0.155 acre (Dominican Republic)
• Tarefa: 0.75-1.1 acre (Brazil)
• Tarri: 0.56 bushel (Algeria)

Ta- (Tabla, Tagwerk, Takar, Tan, Tanan, Tang, Tanica, Tao)
• Tabla: 0.58 bushels (Somaliland)
• Tagwerk: 1.168 acres (Württemberg); 0.842 bushels (Bavaria)
• Takar: 6.81 gallons (Dutch East Indies)
• Tan: 0.245 acres (Japan)
• Tanan: 0.84 dry qt. (Siam)
• Tang: 20 or 40 Tanan (Siam)
• Tanica: 19.02 liquid qt. (Eritrea)
• Tao: 14.93 gallons (Annam)
• Tavola: 45 squ. Yd. (Italy)

Tr- (Trug, Truong, Truss)
• Trug: 0.67 bushels (England)
• Truong: 16 feet (Annam)
• Truss: 36 pounds of straw (England)



Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
12 80%    3 20%     2 13%     3  20%       3   20%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
1    6%      1  6%       0    0%     1   6%       4   26%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
0     0%     0  0%      2  13%     2 13%       0      0%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
5   33%    0   0%       0    0%     7  46%      1      6%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
15 100%  1   6%      1     6%    0    0%       0     0%

Z      %
0   0%



Popularity of use
100% T:
80% A, T:
46% R, A, T:
33% N, R, A, T: Tan (0.245 acres), Tanan (0.84 dry qt.),
26% G, N, R, A, T: Tang (20 or 40 Tanan),
20% U, O, E, G, N, R, A, T: Tao (14.93 gallons), Trug (0.67 bushels), Truong (16 feet), Tarea (82.56 squ. Yd; 0.155 acre),
13% K, L, I, U, O, E, G, N, R, A, T: Tarri (0.56 bushel), Tabla (0.58 bushels), Takar (6.81 gallons),
6% W, V, S, F, C, K, L, I, U, O, E, G, N, R, A, T: Truss (36 pounds of straw), Tavola (45 squ. Yd.), Tagwerk (1.168 acres; 0.842 bushels), Tanica (19.02 liquid qt.), Tarefa (0.75-1.1 acre),
0% Z, Y, X, P, Q, M, J, D


Conclusion: The Ta-/Tr-/Tar- agricultural quantities of land, volume, or weight subgroup, originating in the T linguistic group the with earliest at 38% with Tanan (Siam) and Tan (Japan). We are looking at an agricultural civilization.

Friday 17 March 2023

Space Morons: The Starlost

Primary Protagonist Devan, a Menonite? From  who decides he wants to marry outside the wishes of the dome Patriarch and God (the Computer). Facing death after discovering the voice of God is just the Patriarch recording his own words for computer playback, he escapes the dome and learns about the Ark.

You might be  familiar with the Starlost. If you Play Metamorphosis Alpha you certainly enjoy its legacy. This scifi series from 71-72 is about humans on a collossal Ship called the Ark on an interstellar voyage. It is initially home to a few million humans - those selected to survive while the rest of humanity perishes. Those ethnosamples are confined to their own habitat domes. But a hundred years into the journey something happens and the ship drifts for another four hundred years, their Ark headed to its doom - on a collision course with an Orange G type star.

The Series was created by Cordwainer Bird. Significant to those who love Scifi, its a pen name used by Scifi Author Harlan Ellison.

We see Devan murder an AI, encounter a colony of men who procreate by cloning- the Governor of whom is the original Battlestar Galactica's Gaius Baltar. Walter Koenig puts in a few episodes as an Alien whose people intend to salvage the Ark for themselves. There is cryo storage of people who were injured when a Ship reactor blew, a community with neural-link brain chips to link the populace for greater efficiency - used for torture and punishment by the defacto ruling class. There are things here that parallel our modern world. It seems the ship was never built to save the best of humanity. Rather its populated by bleep! (You will get that joke if you watch the 16 episodes).