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Table 3 Data sources by language families and branches

From: Semantic map approach to universals of conceptual correlations: a study on multifunctional repetitive grams

Indo-European

Balto-Slavic

Croatian, Czech, Latvian, Russian

Germanic

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English, English, German

Graeco-Phrygian

Greek

Indo-Iranian

Bengali, Hindi, Persian, Tajik, Urdu

Italic

French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish

Sino-Tibetan

Sinitic

Hakka (Liancheng, Zhongshan), Hui Chinese (Qimen), Jin Chinese, Min Dong Chinese (Cangnan, Leizhou, Taishun), Min Nan Chinese (Leizhou, Taipei, Yun’ao), Southwestern Guanhua (Chongqing), Wu Chinese (Jinyun), Yue Chinese (Hong Kong)

Bodic

Tibetan

Burmo-Qiangic

Jinghpaw, Lahu, Naxi, Phola, Qiang, Sichuan Yi, Zauzou

Atlantic-Congo

Volta-Congo

Ghomálá, Kinyarwanda, Shona, Swahili, Tswana

North-Central Atlantic

Pular

Austronesian

Nuclear Austronesian

Indonesian, Malay, Saisiyat, Tagalog

Turkic

Common Turkic

Kazakh, Turkish, Uzbek

Tungusic

Northern Tungusic

Oroqen

Manchu-Jurchen

Xibe

Tai-Kadai

Kam-Tai

Dong, Mak, Thai, Zhuang

Hlaic

Hlai

Kadaic

Lachi

Hmong-Mien

Hmongic

Hmong, Jiongnai, Yuno

Austroasiatic

Vietic

Vietnamese

Khasi-Palaung

Awa

Palaungic

Bumang

Afro-Asiatic

Semitic

Arabic

Koreanic

 

Korean

Japonic

 

Japanese