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Friday, 15 April 2022

Linguistic Archaeology: the number eight

Eight in almost every language

1. Eight
2. Agt
3. Tetë
4. simiti
5. thamania
6. Ut
7. SBKKIZ (Azerbaijani)
8. Zortzi
9. Vosiem
10. Āṭa
11. Osam
12. Osem
13. Vuit
14. Walo
15. Eyiti
16. Bā
17. Ottu
18. Osm
19. Otte
20. Acht
21. Ok (esperanto)
22. Kaheksa
23. Kahdeksan
24. Huit
25. Oito
26. rva
27. Októ
28. Ā'ī
29. Uit
30. Takwas
31. ʻewalu
32. *M*N* (hebrew)
33. aath
34. Yim
35. Nyolc
36. Átta
37. Asato
38. Delapan
39. Ocht
40. Otto
41. Hachi
42. wolung
43. Eṇṭu
44. Segiz
45. brabei
46. Umunani
47. yeodeolb
48. Heşt
49. aepd
50. Octo (latin)
51. Astoņi
52. Aštuoni
53. Aacht
54. Osum
55. VALO
56. Lapan
57. eṭṭ
58. Tmienja
59. Waru
60. Āṭha
61. Naim
62. shit
63. Åtte
64. *T* (pashto)
65. Osiem
66. Aṭha
67. Opt
68. Vosem
69. Valu
70. Ochd
71. Borobeli
72. Sere
73. A* (sindhi)
74. aṭa
75. Sideed
76. Ocho
77. Dalapan
78. Nane
79. Åtta
80. haşt
81. Eṭṭu
82. S*GEH (tatar)
83. Enimidi
84. Pæd
85. Sekiz
86. visim
87. SEKKYZ (uyghur)
88. Sakkiz
89. Tám
90. Wyth
91. Sibhozo
92. akht
93. Mẹjọ
94. Isishiyagalombili


Popularity of Use
A       %      E      %       I       %      O       %        U         %
43  46%     32  34%    31  33%   30   32%       14   15%

B       %      C      %       D       %      F       %        G         %
7     7%      8     8%      9      9%     0      0%        6       6%

H       %      J      %       K       %      L       %        M         %
20  21%     2    2%       9     9%      12  12%      18  19%

N       %      P      %       Q       %      R       %        S         %
14  15%     6    6%       0      0%      6     6%        28  30%

T       %      V      %       W       %      X       %        Y         %
44  47%     7    7%       6      6%     0      0%        7      7%

Z       %
7    7%


Popularity of use
47% T: *T* (pashto),
46% A, T: A* (sindhi), aṭa, Åtta, Āṭa, Átta,
34% E, A, T: eṭṭ, Åtte, Tetë,
33% I, E, A, T: Ā'ī,
32% O, I, E, A, T: Otte, Oito, Otto,
30% S, O, I, E, A, T:
21% H, S, O, I, E, A, T: Aṭha, haşt, Heşt, Āṭha, aath, shit,
19% M, H, S, O, I, E, A, T: Osem, Tám, Osiem, Osam, Osm, simiti,
14% U, N, M, H, S, O, I, E, A, T: Aštuoni, Osum, Eṇṭu, Umunani, Huit, Uit, Ottu, Ut, Eṭṭu, Naim, Nane, Astoņi, *M*N* (hebrew), thamania,
12% L, U, N, M, H, S, O, I, E, A, T:
9% K, D, L, U, N, M, H, S, O, I, E, A, T: Októ, akht, Ok (esperanto), Kaheksa, Kahdeksan, Sideed, Enimidi,
8% C, K, D, L, U, N, M, H, S, O, I, E, A, T: Ochd, Ocho, Octo (latin), Aacht, Hachi, Acht, Ocht,
7% Z, Y, V, B, C, K, D, L, U, N, M, H, S, O, I, E, A, T: SEKKYZ (uyghur), Sakkiz, Sibhozo, Sekiz, SBKKIZ (Azerbaijani), Zortzi, yeodeolb, Nyolc, Yim, Eyiti, Vosem, Valu, visim, VALO, Vuit, Vosiem, Bā,
6% P, W, G, Z, Y, V, B, C, K, D, L, U, N, M, H, S, O, I, E, A, T: Wyth, Takwas, ʻewalu, wolung, Walo, Dalapan, Pæd, Opt, Lapan, Delapan, aepd, Eight, Agt, S*GEH (tatar), Segiz, Isishiyagalombili,
5% R, P, W, G, Z, Y, V, B, C, K, D, L, U, N, M, H, S, O, I, E, A, T: Borobeli, Sere, rva, brabei, Waru,
2% J, R, P, W, G, Z, Y, V, B, C, K, D, L, U, N, M, H, S, O, I, E, A, T: Mẹjọ, Tmienja,
0% F, Q, X


Conclusion: originating in the T linguistic group;

T group       Sex          %                           Dev. Chain                        Bandgap
Provinces of Eire   100%               (T; E; N, R, S)
Toltec           M        90%                  (T; L; O, E; H, U)
Aztec            F          81%                  (T; I; L, C, A; O)                           ●
Aztec            M         81%                  (T; A; L; C; I)
Tswana        M         77%                  (T; O, E; A; S, G, U, I)
Comet                       62%                  (T; O; E; A, M; K, I)
Eight                          46%                  (T; A; E; I; O; S)

The earliest at less than 47% with *T* (pashto),
46% A* (sindhi), aṭa(sinhala), Åtta (swedish), Āṭa (bengali), Átta (icelandic),
34% eṭṭ (malayam), Åtte(norwegian), Tetë (albanian),
33% Ā'ī (gujarati),
32% Otte (danish), Oito (galician), Otto (italian),

A bandgap at 30%,

21% Aṭha (punjabi), haşt (tajik), Heşt (kurdish), Āṭha (marathi), aath (hindi), shit (myanmar),
19% Osem (bulgarian), Tám (vietnamese), Osiem (polish), Osam (bosnian), Osm (czech), simiti (amharic),
14% Aštuoni (lithuanian), Osum (macedonian), Eṇṭu (kannada), Umunani (kinyarwanda), Huit (french), Uit (hatian creole), Ottu (corsican), Ut (Armenian), Eṭṭu (tamil), Naim (mongolian), Nane (swahili), Astoņi (latvian), *M*N* (hebrew), thamania (arabic),

A bandgap occurs at 12%, before renewed interest in counting to eight at 9%, with the developmental peak at 7%, before declining down through 2%.

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