Dolgopolsky's List
From: | Eldin Raigmore <eldin_raigmore@...> |
Date: | Monday, August 14, 2006, 16:45 |
>From page 119 of Merritt Ruhlen's "The Origin of Language";
"In Dolgopolsky's attempt to discover the meanings which are most stable
over time in human language, the number 'two' ranked second in stability.
His complte list, in order of stability, was:
I/me
two
you (singular)
who/what
tongue
name
eye
heart
tooth
no/not
fingernail/toenail
louse/nit
tear(drop)
water
dead
hand
night
blood
horn (of an animal)
full
sun
ear
salt
Anyone whose conlang is diachronically related to another language (whether
a natlang or another conlang)?
How do these words in your conlang compare to the corresponding words in
its diachronic relative?
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eldin