Linguistic Archaeology: Oceanian Mythos (Dragon #29)

 Oceanian Mythos (Dragon #29)

Micronesia
1. NAREAU
2. NAKAA
3. MOTIKITIK
4. BUE
5. OLIFAT
6. PALULOP
7. ALULEI
8. RONG
9. FARUVAI
10. SOLANG


Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
7  70%     3 30%      4 40%    5  50%       5   50%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
1  10%     0   0%      0    0%     2  20%       2   20%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
0    0%      0  0%       2 20%     4 40%       1    10%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
4  40%     1 10%      0    0%      3 30%       1  10%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
2  20%     1 10%      0     0%     0    0%       0     0%

Z      %
0   0%


Popularity of use
70% A:
50% O, U, A:
40% N, L, I, O, U, A:
30% R, E, N, L, I, O, U, A: NAREAU, ALULEI,
20% T, K, F, G, R, E, N, L, I, O, U, A: NAKAA, OLIFAT, RONG,
10% V, S, P, M, B, T, K, F, G, R, E, N, L, I, O, U, A: FARUVAI, SOLANG, PALULOP, BUE, MOTIKITIK,
0% Z, W, X, Y, Q, H, J, C, D

Conclusion: Originating in the A linguistic group the begin at 30% with NAREAU (Spider God), and ALULEI (A teacher of navigation) rising to a cultural peak at 10%.





MELANESIA
1. KASA SONA
2. IPILA
3. NUGU
4. BUGAL
5. WARGER
6. KAMBEL
7. CHEL
8. MARRUNI
9. BUNOSI
10. KAFISI
11. TUDAVA
12. AMBAT
13. TO KABINANA
14. TO KARVUVU
15. QAT
16. TANGAROS
17. MARUNOGERE
18. ABERE
19. MESEDE
20. SIDO
21. KWOIAM
22. TAMATU
23. NDENGEI
24. ADARO
25. DOGAI
26. ORIGORUSO
27. MARSALAI
28. FIGONAS
29. KOEVASI
30. HATUIBWARI
31. AGUNUA


Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
24 77%    8 25%     14 45%   13 41%     11 35%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
7 22%      1   3%      6  19%     2   6%       10 32%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
2    6%     0    0%     7  22%     5  16%       8   25%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
9  29%     1   3%       1    3%     10 32%     10 32%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
8  25%      3  9%      3     9%     0    0%        0    0%

Z      %
0   0%


Popularity of use
77% A:
45% I, A:
41% O, I, A:
35% U, O, I, A:
32% S, R, G, U, O, I, A: ORIGORUSO,
29% N, S, R, G, U, O, I, A: NUGU, AGUNUA,
25% T, M, E, N, S, R, G, U, O, I, A: MARRUNI, TANGAROS, MARUNOGERE, TAMATU,
22% K, B, T, M, E, N, S, R, G, U, O, I, A: AMBAT, TO KABINANA, ABERE, BUNOSI, KASA SONA,
19% D, K, B, T, M, E, N, S, R, G, U, O, I, A: NDENGEI, ADARO, DOGAI, MESEDE, SIDO,
16% L, D, K, B, T, M, E, N, S, R, G, U, O, I, A: BUGAL, KAMBEL, MARSALAI,
9% V, W, L, D, K, B, T, M, E, N, S, R, G, U, O, I, A: TUDAVA, TO KARVUVU, KOEVASI, HATUIBWARI, KWOIAM, WARGER,
6% F, H, V, W, L, D, K, B, T, M, E, N, S, R, G, U, O, I, A: FIGONAS, KAFISI,
3% P, Q, C, F, H, V, W, L, D, K, B, T, M, E, N, S, R, G, U, O, I, A: QAT, IPILA, CHEL,
0% Z, X, Y, J

Conclusion: originating in the A-I-O linguistic subgroup; the earliest is ORIGORUSO (man-beast who obstructs) at 32%. Rising to a plateau from 22%-19% before declining slightly at 16%. At 9% they peak culturally before declining down to 3%.