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Sunday 18 June 2023

Linguistic Archaeology: that time we encountered Toads

 


Toad in almost every language
1. Toad
2. Padda
3. zhabë
4. todi
5. alealjum
6. Dodosh
7. Sapo
8. qurbağa
9. Apoa
10. Žaba
11. Byāṅa
12. zhaba
13. gripau
14. Bako
15. Chule
16. Chánchú
17. krastača
18. Ropucha
19. Tudse
20. MA* (dogri)
21. Pad
22. Bufo (esperanto)
23. Kärnkonn
24. Akpckplc
25. palaka
26. Rupikonna
27. Crapaud
28. gombesho
29. Kröte
30. Frýnos
31. Dēḍakō
32. krapo
33. kwaɗo
34. KRFD* (hebrew)
35. mendhak
36. tus qav kaws
37. Varangy
38. Karta
39. Kuton
40. Kodok
41. Buafal
42. Rospo
43. Hikigaeru
44. Ṭōḍ
45. Qurbaqa
46. Agasanduku
47. *D (konkani)
48. dukkeobi
49. Beq (kuranji kurdish)
50. K*TR* (sorani kurdish)
51. Baka
52. khankhak
53. Bufo (Latin)
54. Krupis
55. Rupūžė
56. Enseenene
57. Mouk
58. *A* (maithili)
59. saobakaka
60. katak
61. poovan
62. rospu
63. takakau
64. Bēḍūka
65. *N (manipuri)
66. bakh
67. Ṭōḍa
68. Padde
69. G*K (persian)
70. Ropucha
71. Ṭāḍa
72. broască râioasă
73. Tod
74. A* (sanskrit)
75. Mial-mhàgach
76. Krastača
77. Sekhooane
78. mæḍiyā
79. rah
80. bangkong
81. Chura
82. Tērai
83. KOPAL (toad)
84. Khāngkhk
85. *L (tigrinya)
86. Ximanga
87. Karakurbağası
88. MYGDK (urdu)
89. con cóc
90. llyffant
91. ixoxo



Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
61 67%    17 18%   13 14%  34 37%      26 28%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
18 20%   12 13%    22 24%    3    3%       13 14%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
16 17%    1   1%     37 41%    9  10%       8      8%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
19 21%    19 21%    4    4%     26 28%     16 17%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
18 20%    3   3%      2     2%     2    2%       6     6%

Z      %
4    4%



Popularity of use
67% A: *A* (maithili), A* (sanskrit),
41% K, A:
37% O, K, A:
28% R, U, O, K, A:
24% D, R, U, O, K, A: Kodok, *D (konkani),
21% P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Padda, Apoa, Pad, Kärnkonn, krapo, *N (manipuri),
20% T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Ṭōḍa, Ṭāḍa, Tod, katak, takakau, K*TR* (sorani kurdish), Ṭōḍ, Baka, Karta, Kuton, Toad, Bako,
18% E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Bēḍūka, Padde, Kröte, Dēḍakō, Enseenene,
17% S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: rospu, bakh, saobakaka, Sekhooane, rah, Rospo, khankhak, Tudse, Dodosh, Sapo,
14% G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Krupis, G*K (persian), bangkong, Tērai, Khāngkhk, Karakurbağası, Hikigaeru, Agasanduku, todi, gripau, Rupikonna, dukkeobi,
13% C, G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Chura, con cóc, broască râioasă, Krastača, Ropucha, Chánchú, krastača, Ropucha, Crapaud,
10% L, C, G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: KOPAL (tatar), *L (tigrinya), Chule, Akpckplc, palaka,
8% M, L, C, G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Mial-mhàgach, mendhak, Mouk, MA* (dogri), gombesho,
6% Y, M, L, C, G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: mæḍiyā, MYGDK (urdu), Byāṅa, llyffant,
4% F, Z, Q, Y, M, L, C, G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Beq (kuranji kurdish), Rupūžė, Qurbaqa, qurbağa, Žaba, zhabë, KRFD* (hebrew), Frýnos, Buafal, Bufo (Latin), Bufo (esperanto), zhaba,
3% V, F, Z, Q, Y, M, L, C, G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Varangy, poovan,
2% W, X, V, F, Z, Q, Y, M, L, C, G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Ximanga, ixoxo, kwaɗo, tus qav kaws,
1% J, W, X, V, F, Z, Q, Y, M, L, C, G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: alealjum,


Conclusion: Originating in the A-K linguistic subgroup;

A-K subgroup                         Sex          %        Dev. Chain                 Band Gap
Inuit                                           M         83%     (A; K; N, Q, L, S, O)
Orville Krill                                            82%      (A; K; O; L; S, R)
Inuit                                            F          75%     (A; K; L; I; T, O, S)                U
Skull                                                       75%     (A; K; E; L)
Crow                                                      74%     (A; K; R; O; G)
To fuck                                                  72%     (A; K; E; I, T)
Toad                                                      67%     (A; K; O; R, U)
Cat                                                        63%      (A; K; T; I)

The earliest partial Toads are less than 67% with *A* (maithili) and A* (sanskrit). These are followed by a bandgap extending from 41%-28%.

Toads return at 24% with Kodok (indonesian) and the partial *D (konkani), peaking repeatedly at 20%, 14%, and 4%. Before declining down by 1%
















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