Modelling distances between genetically related languages using an extended weighted Levenshtein distance

Filip Palunčić, Hendrik C. Ferreira, Theo G. Swart, Willem A. Clarke

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Abstract

This article proposes the use of an extended weighted Levenshtein distance to model the time depth between parent and direct descendant languages and also the dialectal separation between sibling languages. The parent language is usually a proto-language, a hypothetical reconstructed language, whose precise date is usually conjectural. Phonology is used as an indicator of language difference, which is modelled by means of an extended weighted Levenshtein distance. This idea is applied specifically to the Iranian language family.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)381-389
Number of pages9
JournalSouthern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
Volume27
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Linguistics and Language

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