Geography and language divergence: The case of Andic languages.
Journal
PloS one
ISSN: 1932-6203
Titre abrégé: PLoS One
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101285081
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
16
02
2021
accepted:
02
03
2022
entrez:
26
5
2022
pubmed:
27
5
2022
medline:
31
5
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
We study the correlation between phylogenetic and geographic distances for the languages of the Andic branch of the East Caucasian (Nakh-Daghestanian) language family. For several alternative phylogenies, we find that geographic distances correlate with linguistic divergence. Notably, qualitative classifications show a better fit with geography than cognacy-based phylogenies. We interpret this result as follows: The better fit may be due to implicit geographic bias in qualitative classifications. We conclude that approaches to classification other than those based on cognacy run a risk to implicitly include geography and geography-related factors as one basis of genealogical classifications.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35617249
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265460
pii: PONE-D-21-05211
pmc: PMC9135239
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e0265460Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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