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Swadesh Lists

Swadesh Lists is a standardized lexical dataset in historical linguistics that comprises a curated set of basic vocabulary items selected for cross-linguistic comparison to trace language evolution and establish genetic relationships among languages.

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64

Authors

38

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Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Swadesh List

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Publications

24

Explorations in automated language classification

Eric W. Holman, Søren Wichmann, Cecil H. Brown et al. · Folia Linguistica · 2008 · 299 citations

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Adding typology to lexicostatistics: A combined approach to language classification

Dik Bakker, André Müller, Viveka Velupillai et al. · Linguistic Typology · 2009 · 170 citations

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Kwaza in a Comparative Perspective

Hein van der Voort · International Journal of American Linguistics · 2005 · 142 citations

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Indo-European languages tree by Levenshtein distance

Maurizio Serva, Filippo Petroni · Europhysics Letters (EPL) · 2008 · 128 citations · Full text

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The typology of sound symbolism: Defining macro-concepts via their semantic and phonetic features

Niklas Johansson, Andrey Anikin, Gerd Carling et al. · Linguistic Typology · 2020 · 109 citations · Full text

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Authors

64

  1. MS
    Maurizio Serva

    University of L'Aquila, Italy

    3 publications · 202 citations

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  2. AM
    André Müller

    National University of Singapore, Singapore

    2 publications · 469 citations

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  3. VV
    Viveka Velupillai

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    2 publications · 469 citations

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  4. AM
    Alexander Militarev

    Russian State University for the Humanities, Russia

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  5. PH
    Paul Heggarty

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    2 publications · 88 citations

    2

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Institutions

38

  1. Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi

    Belém, Brazil

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    759 citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    493 citations

  3. University of L'Aquila

    L’Aquila, Italy

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    216 citations

  4. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    639 citations

  5. The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

    Moscow, Russia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    119 citations

  6. Northern Illinois University

    DeKalb, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    469 citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    469 citations

  8. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    177 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of American Linguistics

    2 publications · 248 citations

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  3. Linguistic Typology

    2 publications · 279 citations

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  4. Language Dynamics and Change

    2 publications · 40 citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    2 publications · 72 citations

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