Linguistic Archaeology: Origin of the Turtle

Turtle in almost every language
1. Turtle
2. Skilpad
3. breshkë
4. ēlī
5. sulhufaa
6. Kria
7. Turtuja
8. Tısbağa
9. Koorokaara
10. Dortoka
11. Čarapacha
12. Kacchapa
13. Kornjača
14. Kostenurka
15. Tortuga
16. Pawikan
17. Kamba
18. Guī
19. Tartaruga
20. Želva
21. Skildpadde
22. kahan'bu
23. B*PD (dogri)
24. Schildpad
25. Testudo (esperanto)
26. Kilpkonn
27. Klo
28. Pagong
29. Kilpikonna
30. Tortue
31. Skyldpod
32. k’us
33. Schildkröte
34. Chelóna
35. Karumbe
36. Kācabō
37. Kunkuru
38. Honu
39. CB (hebrew)
40. kachhua
41. vaub kib
42. Teknősbéka
43. Skjaldbaka
44. Pag-ong
45. Penyu
46. turtar
47. Kame
48. Āme
49. Tasbaqa
50. a ntae k
51. Akanyamasyo
52. *V (konkani)
53. geobug-i
54. Trɔki
55. Req (kurmanji kurdish)
56. K*S* (sorani kurdish)
57. taşbaka
58. teoa
59. Turtur (latin)
60. Bruņurupucis
61. Nkoba
62. Vėžlys
63. Enfudu
64. Schildkröt
65. Želka
66. sokatra
67. aama
68. Fekruna
69. Kāsava
70. Sumsi
71. Melkhii
72. liut
73. Kachuvā
74. Skilpadde
75. Qocaa
76. T*T (pashto)
77. *T (persian)
78. Kachū
79. Charapa
80. Broasca testoasa
81. Cherepakha
82. Laumei
83. AFP (sanskrit)
84. Pshinyaleraga
85. Kgudu
86. KMY (sindhi)
87. kæsbǣvā
88. Korytnačka
89. kuya
90. Kasa
91. Sköldpadda
92. sangpuşt
93. Āmai
94. TA*BA*A (tatar)
95. Tābēlu
96. Tèā
97. A* (tigrinya)
98. Mfutsu
99. Kaplumbağa
100. Pyşbaga
101. Nsuom akyekyedeɛ
102. Cherepakha
103. K*H*A (urdu)
104. TA*PAQA (uyghur)
105. Toshbaqa
106. Con rùa
107. Crwban
108. Ufudo
109. tsherepakhe
110. Ufudu



Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
74 67%    34 31%   23 21%  32 29%     37 33%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
24 22%    22 20%   14 12%    7   6%        12 11%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
20 18%    3   2%      53 48%   25 22%     14 12%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
25 22%    26 23%   5     4%     32 29%     34 31%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
31 28%   7    6%      2     1%    0     0%       10    9%

Z      %
3    2%



Popularity of use
67% A: A* (tigrinya),
48% K, A:
33% U, K, A:
31% S, E, U, K, A: k’us, K*S* (sorani kurdish), Kasa,
29% R, O, S, E, U, K, A: Koorokaara,
28% T, R, O, S, E, U, K, A: teoa, Turtur (latin), sokatra, T*T (pashto), *T (persian), Tèā, Tortue, turtar,
23% P, T, R, O, S, E, U, K, A:
22% N, L, B, P, T, R, O, S, E, U, K, A: TA*BA*A (tatar), Tābēlu, taşbaka, Nkoba, a ntae k, Kostenurka, Klo, Kunkuru, Teknősbéka, Turtle,
21% I, N, L, B, P, T, R, O, S, E, U, K, A: Kilpikonna, liut, ēlī, Kria, Kilpkonn,
20% C, I, N, L, B, P, T, R, O, S, E, U, K, A: Broasca testoasa, Con rùa, Trɔki, Bruņurupucis, Kācabō, CB (hebrew),
18% H, C, I, N, L, B, P, T, R, O, S, E, U, K, A: Cherepakha, K*H*A (urdu), tsherepakhe, Kachū, Charapa, Cherepakha, Honu, kachhua, Chelóna, Čarapacha, Kacchapa, kahan'bu, breshkë,
12% M, D, H, C, I, N, L, B, P, T, R, O, S, E, U, K, A: Sköldpadda, Āmai, Ufudu, Skilpadde, Laumei, aama, Sumsi, Melkhii, Kame, Āme, Schildkröt, Schildkröte, Karumbe, B*PD (dogri), Schildpad, Testudo (esperanto), Kamba, Skildpadde, Skilpad, Dortoka,
11% G, M, D, H, C, I, N, L, B, P, T, R, O, S, E, U, K, A: sangpuşt, Kaplumbağa, Kgudu, Pag-ong, geobug-i, Guī, Tartaruga, Pagong, Tortuga, Tısbağa,
9% Y, G, M, D, H, C, I, N, L, B, P, T, R, O, S, E, U, K, A: Pyşbaga, Nsuom akyekyedeɛ, KMY (sindhi), Korytnačka, kuya, Pshinyaleraga, Skyldpod, Penyu, Akanyamasyo,
6% V, F, Y, G, M, D, H, C, I, N, L, B, P, T, R, O, S, E, U, K, A: Mfutsu, Ufudo, AFP (sanskrit), kæsbǣvā, Fekruna, Kāsava, Kachuvā, *V (konkani), Enfudu, sulhufaa, vaub kib,
4% Q, V, F, Y, G, M, D, H, C, I, N, L, B, P, T, R, O, S, E, U, K, A: TA*PAQA (uyghur), Toshbaqa, Tasbaqa, Req (kurmanji kurdish), Qocaa,
2% W, Z, Q, V, F, Y, G, M, D, H, C, I, N, L, B, P, T, R, O, S, E, U, K, A: Skjaldbaka, Turtuja, Kornjača, Vėžlys, Želva, Želka,
1% W, J, Z, Q, V, F, Y, G, M, D, H, C, I, N, L, B, P, T, R, O, S, E, U, K, A: Pawikan, Crwban,
0% X


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)
Turtle                                                    67%      (A; K; U; E, S)
Cat                                                        63%      (A; K; T; I)

Earliest partial turtle is at less than 67% with A* (tigrinya), this is followed by a gap from 48%-33%.
Encounters with turtles again occurs from 31%-28%.

Interest in turtles declines to a bandgap at 23%. At 22% encounters with turtles returns, Peaking at 12% before declining down to 1%.