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The great language race (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/dataisbeautiful@mander.xyz

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[–] Hegar@fedia.io 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The inclusion of say, Hatti, Ugaritic or Udmurt seem like odd choices to me when Na-Dene is absent. The entire PNW of the US is missing, and that was one of the world's hot spots of linguistic diversity before colonialism.

Plus if the languages of Papua New Guinea can be condensed into a single Trans-PNG line, Australian aboriginal languages could just be put in a single line as well, surely.

[–] metallic_z3r0@infosec.pub 4 points 6 months ago

You're not wrong, there's certainly some bias here, but not sure what the intent was, if there was any or if it was just not thinking it through all the way. I know I've certainly forgotten components in projects that after review I didn't know how I'd missed or that in hindsight were crucial.