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Universal patterns emerge across 22 languages, mapping how vocabularies evolve(phys.org)

35 points by wglb 17 days ago | 3 comments

Universal patterns emerge across 22 languages, mapping how vocabularies evolve | Dark Hacker News

wglb 17 days ago |

Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2068/202...

homeonthemtn 17 days ago |

Ok neat but what are those outlier words? I bet that's fascinating.

saulpw 16 days ago |

Also see the Swadesh List[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swadesh_list