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CLDF dataset derived from Bodt's "Lexical Cognates in Western Kho-Bwa" from 2019

CLDF validation

How to cite

If you use these data please cite

  • the original source

    Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus and List, Johann-Mattis (2019): Testing the predictive strength of the comparative method: An ongoing experiment on unattested words in Western Kho-Bwa languages. Papers in Historical Phonology 4.1: 22-44.

  • the derived dataset using the DOI of the particular released version you were using

Description

This dataset is licensed under a CC-BY-4.0 license

Conceptlists in Concepticon:

Notes

General Information on the Dataset

This is a preliminary version of a larger etymological dictionary of Western Kho-Bwa languages by T. A. Bodt which was used in this form in different studies.

Bodt, T. A. and J.-M. List (2019): Testing the predictive strength of the comparative method: An ongoing experiment on unattested words in Western Kho-Bwa languages. Papers in Historical Phonology 4.1. 22-44.

Rzymski, C., T. Tresoldi, S. Greenhill, M. Wu, N. Schweikhard, M. Koptjevskaja-Tamm, V. Gast, T. Bodt, A. Hantgan, G. Kaiping, S. Chang, Y. Lai, N. Morozova, H. Arjava, N. Hübler, E. Koile, S. Pepper, M. Proos, B. Epps, I. Blanco, C. Hundt, S. Monakhov, K. Pianykh, S. Ramesh, R. Gray, R. Forkel, and J.-M. List (2020): The Database of Cross-Linguistic Colexifications, reproducible analysis of cross- linguistic polysemies. Scientific Data 7.13. 1-12.

Bodt, T. A. and J.-M. List (2020): The multiple benefits of making predictions in linguistics. Babel: The Language Magazine 31.2. 8-12.

Bodt, T. A. and J.-M. List (forthcoming): Benefits of reflex prediction. A case study of Western Kho-Bwa. Diachronica 0.0. 1-35.

Earlier and later versions of the same project were also used in the following studies:

Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus (accepted, 2021). The Duhumbi perspective on Proto-Western Kho-Bwa onsets. Journal of Historical Linguistics.

Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus. 2019. The Duhumbi perspective on Proto-Western Kho-Bwa rhymes. Die Sprache 52 (2016 / 2017) 2: 141-176.

Funding

The collection of the data was funded by:

  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung: Strategische Zielsetzungen im Subkontinent (100015_138331)
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung: ‘Reconstruction of Proto-Western Kho-Bwa’ (Early Postdoc.Mobility-Stipendium Nr. P2BEP1_181779)

Statistics

CLDF validation Glottolog: 100% Concepticon: 90% Source: 100% BIPA: 100% CLTS SoundClass: 100%

  • Varieties: 8 (linked to 8 different Glottocodes)
  • Concepts: 662 (linked to 542 different Concepticon concept sets)
  • Lexemes: 4,720
  • Sources: 1
  • Synonymy: 1.14
  • Cognacy: 7,681 cognates in 2,607 cognate sets (1,691 singletons)
  • Cognate Diversity: 0.48
  • Invalid lexemes: 0
  • Tokens: 20,415
  • Segments: 232 (0 BIPA errors, 0 CLTS sound class errors, 232 CLTS modified)
  • Inventory size (avg): 86.62

Contributors

Name GitHub user Description Role
Timotheus A. Bodt @monpasang Data curation Author, RightsHolder
Johann-Mattis List @LinguList maintainer Author, Editor

CLDF Datasets

The following CLDF datasets are available in cldf: