From: tgpedersen
Message: 50164
Date: 2007-09-30
> > 3.1) Where is that from?
> > > If you take the 100 word list as a base for a rough datation,
> > > FRench versus Italian : 79 %
> > > English versus German : 72 %
> > > French against English/German : 34 or 35 %.
> >
> > Aha. So English split from German just before French split from
> > Italian.
> >
> > ============
> > -7% is more than "just" : about 1 500 years.
> >
> ====================
> If 7% is 1500 years then French split from Italian appr. 4500
> years ago.
>
> ====================
>
> A.F :
>
> I give you the table to convert % into time, with different rates:
> 2000 100% (slower) (slower)
> 1000 88,7% 90,5% 91,4
> 0 79 % 82 % 84 %
> -1000 70 % 74 % 76 %
> -2000 62 % 67 % 70 %
> -3000 55 % 61 % 64 %
> -4000 49 % 55 % 58 %
>
> (...)
>
> -10 000 24% 30% 34%