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Language Split

Language Split is a linguistic phenomenon denoting the historical process whereby a single ancestral language diverges into two or more distinct languages due to sociopolitical, geographic, or cultural isolation of speech communities.

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30

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2017–2026

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Publications

37

Languages Evolve in Punctuational Bursts

Quentin D. Atkinson, Andrew Meade, Chris Venditti et al. · Science · 2008 · 355 citations · Full text

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The Colonial Origins of Ethnic Cleavages: The Case of Linguistic Divisions in Zambia

Daniel Posner · Comparative Politics · 2003 · 200 citations

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The dynamics of linguistic diversity: egalitarian multilingualism and power imbalance among northern Vanuatu languages

Alexandre François · International Journal of the Sociology of Language · 2012 · 170 citations · Full text

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Bringing together linguistic and genetic evidence to test the Bantu expansion

Cesare de Filippo, Koen Bostoen, Mark Stoneking et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2012 · 159 citations · Full text

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Splits or waves? Trees or webs? How divergence measures and network analysis can unravel language histories

Paul Heggarty, Warren Maguire, April McMahon · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2010 · 134 citations

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Authors

55

  1. KB
    Koen Bostoen

    Ghent University, Belgium

    2 publications · 243 citations

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  2. RN
    Robert N. Kearney

    Syracuse University, United States

    2 publications · 86 citations

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  3. PM
    Puneet Mathur

    Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi, India

    1 publications · 131 citations

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  4. RR
    Rajiv Ratn Shah

    Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi, India

    1 publications · 131 citations

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  5. UC
    Una Canger

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    1 publications · 16 citations

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Institutions

30

  1. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    626 citations

  2. Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Brussels, Belgium

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    243 citations

  3. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    243 citations

  4. Royal Museum for Central Africa

    Tervuren, Belgium

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    243 citations

  5. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    125 citations

  6. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    1.8K citations

  7. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    90 citations

  8. La Trobe University

    Melbourne, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

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Venues

  1. Asian Survey

    2 publications · 86 citations

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  2. Lingua

    2 publications · 133 citations

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  3. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

    JMMD · 1 publications · 99 citations

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  4. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

    1 publications · 36 citations

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 1 publications · 115 citations

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