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The Distribution of Data in Word Lists and its Impact on the Subgrouping of Languages
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| Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization |
Data Analysis, Machine Learning and Applications Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Gesellschaft für Klassifikation e.V., Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg,
March 7–9, 2007
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| 10.1007/978-3-540-78246-9_74 |
| Christine Preisach, Hans Burkhardt, Lars Schmidt-Thieme and Reinhold Decker |
The Distribution of Data in Word Lists and its Impact on the Subgrouping of Languages
Hans J. Holm5 
Abstract
This work reveals the reason for the bias in the separation levels computed for natural languages with only a small amount
of residues; as opposed to stochastically normal distributed test cases like those presented in Hohn (2007a). It is shown
how these biased data can be correctly projected to true separation levels. The result is a partly new chain of separation
for the main Indo-European branches that fits well to the grammatical facts, as well as to their geographical distribution.
In particular it strongly demonstrates that the Anatolian languages did not part as first ones and thereby refutes the Indo-Hittite
hypothesis.
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