Linguistic Archaeology: Ants

 

Ant in almost every language
1. Ant
2. Mier
3. gunidani
4. namla
5. *P* (assamese)
6. qarışqa
7. Inurri
8. Muraška
9. Pim̐paṛā
10. Mravka
11. hulmigas
12. Nyerere
13. Mǎyǐ
14. Mrav
15. Mravenec
16. Myre
17. ent
18. Ant (esperanto)
19. Langgam
20. Muurahainen
21. Fourmi
22. Formiga
23. ch’ianch’vela
24. Ameise
25. Myrmínki
26. Hormiga
27. Kīḍī
28. Foumi
29. Aneti
30. NM* (hebrew)
31. cheentee
32. Hangya
33. Maur
34. Nta
35. Semut
36. Seangán
37. Formica
38. Ari
39. Iruve
40. Qumırsqa
41. sramoch
42. Ikimonyo
43. gaemi
44. Gêrîk (kurmanji kurdish)
45. *R*P* (sorani kurdish)
46. mod
47. Enseenene
48. vitsika
49. urumbu
50. popokorua
51. Muṅgī
52. Shorgoolj
53. purwatsate
54. Kamilā
55. ANT (pashto)
56. M*R*E (persian)
57. Mrówka
58. Kīṛī
59. Furnică
60. Muravey
61. Loi
62. A* (sanskrit)
63. Bohloa
64. *NT (sindhi)
65. kūm̆biyā
66. Mravlja
67. Quraanjo
68. Sireum
69. Chungu
70. Myra
71. Mūrca
72. Eṟumpu
73. KYPMYC*A (tatar)
74. Cīma
75. Md
76. *S (tigrinya)
77. Karınca
78. Garynja
79. Murakha
80. *Y*NTY (urdu)
81. Chumoli
82. Con kiến
83. Imbovane
84. murashke
85. Edan
86. Intuthwane


Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
51 60%    25 29%   38 44%  16 18%      27 31%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
4    4%     13 15%    4    4%     5    5%       12 14%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
14 16%    4   4%      17 20%   9  10%       46 54%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
31 36%    7   8%       3    3%     42 49%     14 16%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
12 14%    9 10%      3    3%      0    0%      12 14%

Z      %
0   0%

Popularity of use
60% A: A* (sanskrit),
52% M, A:
49% R, M, A:
44% I, R, M, A: Ari,
36% N, I, R, M, A: NM* (hebrew),
31% U, N, I, R, M, A: Inurri, Maur,
29% E, U, N, I, R, M, A: Mier, M*R*E (persian),
20% K, E, U, N, I, R, M, A: Kīṛī,
18% O, K, E, U, N, I, R, M, A:
16% S, H, O, K, E, U, N, I, R, M, A: Sireum, *S (tigrinya), Murakha, murashke, Muraška, Muurahainen, Ameise, Enseenene,
15% C, S, H, O, K, E, U, N, I, R, M, A: Karınca, Con kiến, Cīma, sramoch, Mūrca,
14% Y, T, G, C, S, H, O, K, E, U, N, I, R, M, A: Chungu, Myra, *Y*NTY (urdu), ANT (pashto), *NT (sindhi), Ikimonyo, gaemi, Gêrîk (kurmanji kurdish), Muṅgī, Nta, Semut, Seangán, cheentee, Hangya, Myrmínki, Hormiga, Aneti, Nyerere, Mǎyǐ, Myre, ent, Ant (esperanto), Ant, gunidani,
10% V, L, Y, T, G, C, S, H, O, K, E, U, N, I, R, M, A: Muravey, Loi, Chumoli, vitsika, Kamilā, ch’ianch’vela, Iruve, Mrav, Mravenec, Langgam, Mravka, hulmigas, namla,
8% P, V, L, Y, T, G, C, S, H, O, K, E, U, N, I, R, M, A: Eṟumpu, KYPMYC*A (tatar), *R*P* (sorani kurdish), popokorua, *P* (assamese), Pim̐paṛā,
5% F, P, V, L, Y, T, G, C, S, H, O, K, E, U, N, I, R, M, A: Formica, Furnică, Fourmi, Formiga, Foumi,
4% J, B, D, F, P, V, L, Y, T, G, C, S, H, O, K, E, U, N, I, R, M, A: Imbovane, Edan, Bohloa, kūm̆biyā, urumbu, Shorgoolj, mod, Kīḍī, Md, Garynja, Mravlja,
3% W, Q, J, B, D, F, P, V, L, Y, T, G, C, S, H, O, K, E, U, N, I, R, M, A: Quraanjo, Intuthwane, purwatsate, Mrówka, qarışqa, Qumırsqa,
0% Z, X





Originating in the A-M linguistic group;

A-M subgroup                         Sex          %        Dev. Chain
Mask                                                       80%     (A; M; K; S; U)
Mother                                                    75%      (A; M; E; I)
East African Tribes                                75%     (A; M; S)
Champion                                                71%      (A; M; N; P; I; O)
Papuan                                       F          68%     (A; M; E, I; R, N)
Ngoni                                         M          66%     (A; M; L; E, I, O, K, N)
Ant                                                            60%    (A; M; R; I; N; U; E)
Honey                                                      52%    (A; M; I; N; E)

The earliest partial is less than 60% with A* (sanskrit). The earliest complete Ant is at 44% with Ari (japanese).
A partial at 36% NM* (hebrew), Then at 31% with Inurri (basque) and Maur (icelandic).
Again at 29% with Mier, M*R*E (persian), and at 20% with Kīṛī (punjabi).

A bandgap at 18% before the return of Ants at 16%.
Peak Ant encounters is at 14%. Declining down to 3%.