Dear Mark,This has to be made more explicit, I think. There should be some kind of a calculation that shows what is being maximized, or what
I look for Swadesh lists at www.rosettaproject.org . There are 2 lists there for Latin, but I can't view them with my home browser.
I'm rather sceptical of Swadesh lists for reconstructed languages. How do we know we have the _usual_ word for a meaning? For example, is PIE for 'red' *h1rudHro- or *h1reudH- ?
is being minimized and why the given set of sound changes is superior to others.
Richard.
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