1998_MALC_TABLE-2.htm






COMMENT

from John E. McLaughlin, Assistant Professor of English
at Utah State University, Cache Valley, UT






Paper read at the 1998 Mid-America Linguistics Conference
at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville



Genetic Relationship and Chance:
A Nonmathematician's Approach

John E. McLaughlin
Utah State University and LingNet Resources



Table 2

The Table of Correspondences
Guided the Process of Matching Forms(1)




Sh/L1-2 Zu/L3 IE/L4 Hu/L5 En/L6 EK/L7-8 Lu/L9 He/L10
p
p
bh
b
b
b
b
b
p
p
b
b
b
b
b
b
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p'
p'
p'
t
t
dh
d
d
d
d
d
t
t
d
d
d
d
d
d
t
t
t
t
t
t
t
t
t
t
t
t
t
t'
t'
t'
ts
ts
d
ts
dzh
ts
dz
dz
ts
ts
t
ts
tsh
ts
ts
ts
ts
ts
t
ts
tsh
ts'
ts'
ts'
ts
ts
t
ts
tsh
tsr
ts
ts
ts
ts
t
ts
tsh
tsr'
ts'
ts'
t
t
d
dj
d
dj
d
d
t
t
t
tj
t
t
t
t
ts
tsh
d
tsh
dzh
tsh
dzh
dz
ts
tsh
t
tsh
tsh
tsh
tsh
ts
ts
tsh
t
tsh
tsh
tsh'
tsh'
ts'
k
k
gh
g
g
g
g
g
k
k
g
g
g
g
g
g
k
k
k
k
k
k
k
k
k
k
k
k
k
k'
k'
k'
kw
kw
gwh
g
g
g
gw
gw
kw
kw
gw
g
g
g
gw
gw
kw
kw
kw
k
k
k
kw
kw
kw
kw
kw
k
k
k'
k'w
k'w
k
k
g
g
g
g
g
G
k
k
k
k
k
k
q
q
k
k
k
k
k
k'
q'
q'
kw
kw
gw
g
g
g
gw
Gw
kw
kw
kw
k
k
k
qw
qw
kw
kw
kw
k
k
k'
q'w
q'w
p
p
b
v
v
b
b
b
p
p
p
f
f
p
p
p
t
t
d
d
Dh
d
d
d
t
t
t
t
Th
t
t
t
s
s
s
z
z
z
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s'
s
s
s
s
s
z
z
zr
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
sr
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
sr'
s
s
s
sh
s
zh
zh
sh
sh
s
s
sh
s
sh
sh
sh
sh
s
s
sh
s
sh
sh
sh'
sh
s
k
k
k
k
k
k
k
x
kw
kw
kw
k
k
k
xw
xw
k
k
k
k
k
k
xh
xh
kw
kw
kw
k
k
k
xhw
xhw
h
h
h
h
h
h
h
h
h
h
h
h
h
h
h
h'
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m'
m
m'
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n'
n
n'
n
n
n
nj
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
ng
n
n
n
t
t
d
d
d
d
d
dl
t
t
t
t
t
t
t
tl
t
t
t
t
t
t'
tl'
tl'
t
l
l
l
l
r
l
l
t
lh
l
l
l
r
lh
lh
t
l
l
l
l
r
l
l'
t
l
r
r
r
r
l
l
w
w
w
m
w
w
w
w
w
w
w
m
w
w'
w
w'
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y'
y
y'
i
i
i
i
i
i
i
i
i
i
i
i
I
i
i
i
e
e
e
e
e
e
i
i
e
e
e
e
E
e
i
i
a
a
a
a
ae
a
a
a
a
a
a
a
a
a
a
a
y
a
a
a
6
6
6
a
o
o
o
o
o
u
u
u
o
o
o
o
O
u
u
u
o
o
o
oe
o
u
u
u
u
u
u
u
u
u
u
u
u
u
u
u
U
u
u
u
u
u
u
ue
u
u
u
u




1. See bottom of Table 1 for phonetic value of non-phonetic symbols.







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