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.