More on LMAL effect

← back to MAL Effect summary

World map: geographic distribution of −β(1→max) (LMAL)

R² Goodness-of-Fit Distribution for β(1→max) regressions (LMAL)

Mean R² = 0.769, median R² = 0.892, n = 124.

β(1→2) vs −β(2→max)

−β(1→max) vs −β(2→max)

LMAL Effect −β(1→max) by Language Family (positive = MAL compliance) -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 −β(1→max) — Negated Log-Log Regression Slope (positive = MAL compliance) Dravidian (n=2) Tamil: 0.379 Telugu: 0.086 South-American (n=9) Buglere: -0.051 Borôro: 0.229 HighlandNahuatl: 0.104 Arhuaco: 0.253 Karo: 0.067 MbyáGuaraní: 0.002 Nhengatu: 0.137 Teko: 0.127 WestNahuatl: 0.028 Turkic (n=8) Kazakh: 0.074 Kyrgyz: 0.150 OttomanTurkish: 0.029 Tatar: -0.131 Turkish: 0.136 TurkishGerman: 0.131 Uyghur: 0.044 Uzbek: 0.163 Other (n=8) Basque: 0.183 Buryat: 0.195 Chukot: 0.007 Japanese: 0.022 Khoekhoe: 0.065 Korean: 0.121 Pesh: -0.045 Xibe: -0.132 Uralic (n=8) Erzya: -0.002 Estonian: 0.177 Finnish: 0.064 Hungarian: 0.076 Komi: 0.010 Moksha: 0.064 NorthSami: -0.004 SkoltSami: -0.099 Caucasian (n=2) Abkhaz: 0.073 Georgian: -0.038 Indo-European (n=63) Afrikaans: 0.187 Albanian: 0.116 SwissGerman: 0.170 AncientGreek: -0.056 Armenian: -0.055 Bavarian: 0.089 Belarusian: 0.085 Bhojpuri: 0.092 Bulgarian: 0.166 Catalan: 0.251 ClassArmenian: -0.068 Croatian: 0.145 Czech: 0.223 Danish: 0.261 Dutch: 0.151 English: -0.297 Faroese: -0.010 French: 0.006 Galician: 0.242 German: 0.200 Gheg: -0.039 Gothic: -0.065 Greek: -0.036 Haitian: -0.294 Hindi: 0.027 Icelandic: -0.172 Irish: -0.313 Italian: 0.003 Latin: -0.137 Latvian: -0.016 Ligurian: 0.052 Lithuanian: -0.077 LowSaxon: 0.139 Marathi: 0.099 MiddleFrench: -0.288 Naija: -0.734 Kurmanji: -0.126 Norwegian: 0.184 Occitan: -0.152 OldChurchSlavonic: -0.169 OldEastSlavic: -0.209 OldFrench: -0.177 OldProvençal: -0.443 Persian: -0.086 Polish: 0.118 Pomak: 0.102 Portuguese: 0.134 Romanian: -0.110 Russian: 0.075 Sanskrit: 0.031 Serbian: 0.235 Sicilian: -0.079 Sindhi: 0.055 Slovak: 0.235 Slovenian: 0.059 Spanish: 0.220 Swedish: 0.098 Ukrainian: -0.043 UpperSorbian: 0.500 Urdu: 0.048 Welsh: -0.016 WestArmenian: -0.096 Yiddish: -0.102 Afroasiatic (n=11) Akkadian: 0.086 Amharic: 0.302 AncientHebrew: -0.129 Arabic: -0.118 Beja: 0.404 Coptic: -0.486 Hausa: -0.401 Hebrew: 0.197 Maghrebi: 0.153 Maltese: -0.068 Zaar: -0.278 Sino-Austronesian (n=10) Cantonese: -0.238 Chinese: -0.151 Chhintange: 0.193 ClassChinese: 0.039 Indonesian: -0.069 Javanese: -0.005 Tangkhul: 0.091 Wu: -0.055 Thai: -0.225 Vietnamese: -0.198 Niger-Congo (n=3) Bambara: -0.515 Wolof: -0.317 Yoruba: -0.210
LMAL Effect −β(1→max): Indo-European vs Non-Indo-European -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 −β(1→max) — positive = MAL compliance Non-Indo-European (n=61) Abkhaz: 0.073 Akkadian: 0.086 Amharic: 0.302 AncientHebrew: -0.129 Arabic: -0.118 Bambara: -0.515 Basque: 0.183 Beja: 0.404 Buglere: -0.051 Borôro: 0.229 Buryat: 0.195 Cantonese: -0.238 Chinese: -0.151 Chhintange: 0.193 Chukot: 0.007 ClassChinese: 0.039 Coptic: -0.486 Erzya: -0.002 Estonian: 0.177 Finnish: 0.064 Georgian: -0.038 Hausa: -0.401 Hebrew: 0.197 HighlandNahuatl: 0.104 Hungarian: 0.076 Arhuaco: 0.253 Indonesian: -0.069 Japanese: 0.022 Javanese: -0.005 Karo: 0.067 Kazakh: 0.074 Khoekhoe: 0.065 Komi: 0.010 Korean: 0.121 Kyrgyz: 0.150 Maghrebi: 0.153 Maltese: -0.068 MbyáGuaraní: 0.002 Moksha: 0.064 Tangkhul: 0.091 Nhengatu: 0.137 NorthSami: -0.004 OttomanTurkish: 0.029 Pesh: -0.045 Wu: -0.055 SkoltSami: -0.099 Tamil: 0.379 Tatar: -0.131 Teko: 0.127 Telugu: 0.086 Thai: -0.225 Turkish: 0.136 TurkishGerman: 0.131 Uyghur: 0.044 Uzbek: 0.163 Vietnamese: -0.198 WestNahuatl: 0.028 Wolof: -0.317 Xibe: -0.132 Yoruba: -0.210 Zaar: -0.278 Indo-European (n=63) Afrikaans: 0.187 Albanian: 0.116 SwissGerman: 0.170 AncientGreek: -0.056 Armenian: -0.055 Bavarian: 0.089 Belarusian: 0.085 Bhojpuri: 0.092 Bulgarian: 0.166 Catalan: 0.251 ClassArmenian: -0.068 Croatian: 0.145 Czech: 0.223 Danish: 0.261 Dutch: 0.151 English: -0.297 Faroese: -0.010 French: 0.006 Galician: 0.242 German: 0.200 Gheg: -0.039 Gothic: -0.065 Greek: -0.036 Haitian: -0.294 Hindi: 0.027 Icelandic: -0.172 Irish: -0.313 Italian: 0.003 Latin: -0.137 Latvian: -0.016 Ligurian: 0.052 Lithuanian: -0.077 LowSaxon: 0.139 Marathi: 0.099 MiddleFrench: -0.288 Naija: -0.734 Kurmanji: -0.126 Norwegian: 0.184 Occitan: -0.152 OldChurchSlavonic: -0.169 OldEastSlavic: -0.209 OldFrench: -0.177 OldProvençal: -0.443 Persian: -0.086 Polish: 0.118 Pomak: 0.102 Portuguese: 0.134 Romanian: -0.110 Russian: 0.075 Sanskrit: 0.031 Serbian: 0.235 Sicilian: -0.079 Sindhi: 0.055 Slovak: 0.235 Slovenian: 0.059 Spanish: 0.220 Swedish: 0.098 Ukrainian: -0.043 UpperSorbian: 0.500 Urdu: 0.048 Welsh: -0.016 WestArmenian: -0.096 Yiddish: -0.102 0
LMAL Effect −β(1→max): OV vs NDO vs VO -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 −β(1→max) — positive = MAL compliance OV (n=38) Abkhaz: 0.073 Afrikaans: 0.187 Akkadian: 0.086 SwissGerman: 0.170 Amharic: 0.302 Bambara: -0.515 Basque: 0.183 Beja: 0.404 Bhojpuri: 0.092 Buglere: -0.051 Borôro: 0.229 Buryat: 0.195 Chhintange: 0.193 Hindi: 0.027 Arhuaco: 0.253 Japanese: 0.022 Karo: 0.067 Kazakh: 0.074 Khoekhoe: 0.065 Korean: 0.121 Kyrgyz: 0.150 Marathi: 0.099 Tangkhul: 0.091 Kurmanji: -0.126 OttomanTurkish: 0.029 Persian: -0.086 Pesh: -0.045 Sanskrit: 0.031 Sindhi: 0.055 Tamil: 0.379 Tatar: -0.131 Telugu: 0.086 Turkish: 0.136 TurkishGerman: 0.131 Urdu: 0.048 Uyghur: 0.044 Uzbek: 0.163 Xibe: -0.132 NDO (mixed) (n=19) AncientGreek: -0.056 Armenian: -0.055 Bavarian: 0.089 Chukot: 0.007 ClassArmenian: -0.068 Dutch: 0.151 Erzya: -0.002 Estonian: 0.177 Georgian: -0.038 German: 0.200 Hungarian: 0.076 Komi: 0.010 Latin: -0.137 LowSaxon: 0.139 MbyáGuaraní: 0.002 OldEastSlavic: -0.209 SkoltSami: -0.099 Teko: 0.127 WestArmenian: -0.096 VO (n=67) Albanian: 0.116 AncientHebrew: -0.129 Arabic: -0.118 Belarusian: 0.085 Bulgarian: 0.166 Cantonese: -0.238 Catalan: 0.251 Chinese: -0.151 ClassChinese: 0.039 Coptic: -0.486 Croatian: 0.145 Czech: 0.223 Danish: 0.261 English: -0.297 Faroese: -0.010 Finnish: 0.064 French: 0.006 Galician: 0.242 Gheg: -0.039 Gothic: -0.065 Greek: -0.036 Haitian: -0.294 Hausa: -0.401 Hebrew: 0.197 HighlandNahuatl: 0.104 Icelandic: -0.172 Indonesian: -0.069 Irish: -0.313 Italian: 0.003 Javanese: -0.005 Latvian: -0.016 Ligurian: 0.052 Lithuanian: -0.077 Maghrebi: 0.153 Maltese: -0.068 MiddleFrench: -0.288 Moksha: 0.064 Naija: -0.734 Nhengatu: 0.137 NorthSami: -0.004 Norwegian: 0.184 Occitan: -0.152 OldChurchSlavonic: -0.169 OldFrench: -0.177 OldProvençal: -0.443 Polish: 0.118 Pomak: 0.102 Portuguese: 0.134 Romanian: -0.110 Russian: 0.075 Serbian: 0.235 Wu: -0.055 Sicilian: -0.079 Slovak: 0.235 Slovenian: 0.059 Spanish: 0.220 Swedish: 0.098 Thai: -0.225 Ukrainian: -0.043 UpperSorbian: 0.500 Vietnamese: -0.198 Welsh: -0.016 WestNahuatl: 0.028 Wolof: -0.317 Yiddish: -0.102 Yoruba: -0.210 Zaar: -0.278 0