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Friday 21 April 2023

Linguistic Archaeology: African Mythos (Dragon #27)

African Mythos (Dragon #27)
1. MULUNGU
2. MAWU
3. LISA
4. SHANGO
5. DONGO
6. TSUI’GOAB
7. KIBUKA
8. ALA
9. MUSA
10. OGUN
11. OL-OKUN
12. MUKASA
13. ESHU
14. KAIZUKI
15. ASHANTI
16. ODU-DUWA
17. ORANYAN
18. GIKUYU
19. SHAMBA BOLONGONGO
20. MADLEBE
21. GARANG
22. ABUK
23. KINTU
24. EFE


Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
16 66%    3 12%     7 29%    8   33%       14 58%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
5  20%     0   0%      3  12%     1   4%       8   33%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
4  16%     0   0%      7  29%     6 25%        6   25%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
10 41%    0   0%      0    0%      2   8%        8  33%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
3  12%     0   0%       2    8%     0    0%       2     8%

Z      %
1   4%


Popularity of use
66% A:
58% U, A:
41% N, U, A:
33% S, G, O, N, U, A: OGUN,
29% I, K, S, G, O, N, U, A:
26% L, M, I, K, S, G, O, N, U, A: OL-OKUN, MULUNGU, LISA, ALA, MUSA, MUKASA,
20% B, L, M, I, S, G, O, N, U, A: KIBUKA, ABUK,
16% H, B, L, M, I, S, G, O, N, U, A: SHAMBA BOLONGONGO, SHANGO,
12% T, D, E, H, B, L, M, I, K, S, G, O, N, U, A: ESHU, MADLEBE, DONGO, TSUI’GOAB, KINTU, ASHANTI,
8% W, Y, R, T, D, E, H, B, L, M, I, K, S, G, O, N, U, A: GARANG, ODU-DUWA, ORANYAN, GIKUYU, MAWU,
4% Z, F, T, W, Y, R, D, E, H, B, L, M, I, K, S, G, O, N, U, A: KAIZUKI, EFE,
0% V, X, P, Q, J, C


Conclusion: originating in the A-U linguistic subgroup. The earliest is OGUN (God of Iron) at 30%. A cultural bandgap occurs at 29% with return to Mythos development at 26%. Rising to a cultural peak at 26%, declining at 20%, rising to an identical cultural peak at 12% before declining down to 4%.

 

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