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Thursday 30 January 2020

Linguistic Archaeology: Into the Dungeon

Dungeon in every language
1. Dungeon
2. Biruce
3. Durideni
4. Znzana
5. Zndan
6. Zindan
7. Andhakupa
8. Ziega
9. Padziemiellie
10. Tumnitsa
11. Htaunghteli
12. Balong
13. Dilao
14. Tamnica
15. Zalar
16. Fangehul
17. Kerker
18. Dungejon (esperanto)
19. Piitan
20. Tyrma
21. Donjon
22. Dzunts
23. Verlies
24. Bountroumi
25. Andharakotadi
26. Dungeons
27. Kurkuku
28. Luawai
29. TJN*K
30. Tahakhaane
31. Qhov av kaw neeg
32. Pen jara bawah tanah
33. Prigione
34. Danjon
35. Guo
36. Kattalakoneyalli
37. Dunie
38. Kouk ngngut
39. Jiha gam-og
40. Binerd
41. Or
42. Duk dam ban
43. Casus belli
44. Pozemis
45. Zandana
46. Trano-maizina
47. Tatavara
48. Purupa
49. Andharakothadi
50. Shoron
51. Kalakothari
52. Fangehull
53. Ndende
54. CNC*
55. SIAECHAL
56. Loch
57. Masmorra
58. Bhohare
59. Temnita
60. Podzemelye
61. Falepuipui
62. Gomba
63. *N*N
64. Donjiyan
65. Zalar
66. Chankaneng
67. Calabozo
68. Shimoni
69. Dunaj
70. Nilavaraiyil
71. Cerasala
72. Kru
73. Pidzemellya
74. *AN*
75. Ham nguc
76. Umhadi
77. Danjan
78. Ejele

Popularity of Use
A         %          E         %         I         %           O          %         U         %
49      62%      30      38%    32       41%      28       35%     23        29%

B         %          C         %         D         %          F          %         G         %
10     12%        8       10%     22      28%        3         3%       13       16%

H         %          J         %         K         %           L          %         M         %
17      21%       9       11%     14      17%        22      28%      17        21%

N         %          P         %        Q          %           R          %         S         %
40      51%     10       12%     1          1%        22        28%     11       14%

T         %          V         %         W         %           X          %         Y         %
17      21%      4          5%       3          3%         0          0%      6          7%

Z          %
12         15%


Words by Popularity of use
68% A:
51% N, A: *N*N, *AN*
41% I, N, A:
38% E, I, N, A:
35% O, E, I, N, A:
29% U, O, E, I, N, A:
28% R, L, D, U, O, E, I, N, A: Ndende, Or, Dunie, Dilao, Durideni,
21% H, M, T, R, L, D, U, O, E, I, N, A: Umhadi, Temnita,
17% K H, M, T, R, L, D, U, O, E, I, N, A: Kru, Kalakothari,
         Andharakothadi, Tahakhaane, Kurkuku, Andharakotadi,
         Kerker,
16% G, K H, M, T, R, L, D, U, O, E, I, N, A: Kouk ngngut, Guo,
         Prigione, Htaunghteli, Dungeon,
15% Z, G, K H, M, T, R, L, D, U, O, E, I, N, A: Zalar, Trano-maizina,
         Zandana, Zalar, Ziega, Zindan, Zndan, Znzana,
14% S, Z, G, K H, M, T, R, L, D, U, O, E, I, N, A: Shimoni, Masmorra,
         Shoron, Dungeons, Dzunts, Tumnitsa,
12% P, B, S, Z, G, K H, M, T, R, L, D, U, O, E, I, N, A: Gomba,
         Bhohare, Purupa, Pozemis, Duk dam ban, Binerd,
         Bountroumi, Piitan, Balong, Padziemiellie, Andhakupa,
11% J, P, B, S, Z, G, K H, M, T, R, L, D, U, O, E, I, N, A: Ejele, Danjan,
        Dunaj, Jiha gam-og, Danjon, TJN*K, Donjon,
        Dungejon (Esperanto),
10% C, J, P, B, S, Z, G, K, H, M, T, R, L, D, U, O, E, I, N, A: Ham nguc,
        Cerasala, Calabozo, Chankaneng, Loch, SIAECHAL, CNC*,
        Casus belli, Tamnica, Biruce,
7% Y, C, J, P, B, S, Z, G, K H, M, T, R, L, D, U, O, E, I, N, A:
       Pidzemellya, Donjiyan, Kattalakoneyalli, Tyrma, Podzemelye,
5% V, Y, C, J, P, B, S, Z, G, K H, M, T, R, L, D, U, O, E, I, N, A:
       Nilavaraiyil, Tatavara, Verlies,
3% W, F, V, Y, C, J, P, B, S, Z, G, K H, M, T, R, L, D, U, O, E, I, N, A:
       Falepuipui, Fangehull, Pen jara bawah tanah, Luawai,
        Fangehul,
1% Q, W, F, V, Y, C, J, P, B, S, Z, G, K H, M, T, R, L, D, U, O, E, I, N, A:
      Qhov av kaw neeg,
0% X

Conclusion: At 51% we get the first words for Dungeon in Sindhi (*N*N) and Urdu (*AN*).  Both language groups located in Pakistan. This is regionally specific.
At 28% existence of the Dungeon has spread in an intact word form to the languages Nyanja (Ndende) in south-east Africa, Kyrgyz (Or) and Kazakh (Dunie), chinese (Dilao), and Amharic (Durideni) in Ethiopia. Its possible the first dungeon was located in the Indus Valley Civilization. This might suggest an as yet undiscovered dungeon. Even if its just an outdoor hole with a cage door over it which is pretty standard for confining prisoners.
Or it could be an elaborate subterranean maze of hallways and rooms filled with orcs sitting on treasure chests into which adventurers delved...

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