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

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

Mean R² = 0.877, median R² = 0.975, n = 103.

β(1→2) vs −β(2→max)

−β(1→max) vs −β(2→max)

RMAL 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) Indo-European (n=64) Afrikaans: 0.553 Albanian: 0.475 SwissGerman: 1.009 AncientGreek: 0.011 Armenian: 0.152 Bavarian: 0.752 Belarusian: 0.344 Breton: 0.200 Bulgarian: 0.326 CappadocianGreek: 0.236 Catalan: 0.363 ClassArmenian: 0.007 Croatian: 0.348 Czech: 0.417 Danish: 0.310 Dutch: 0.487 English: 0.186 Faroese: 0.020 French: 0.316 Galician: 0.504 German: 0.535 Gheg: 0.313 Gothic: -0.123 Greek: 0.322 Haitian: 0.299 Hindi: 1.031 Icelandic: 0.215 Irish: 0.149 Italian: 0.221 Latin: -0.101 Latvian: 0.296 Ligurian: 0.552 Lithuanian: 0.376 LowSaxon: 0.513 Manx: 0.388 MiddleFrench: 0.153 Naija: 0.133 Norwegian: 0.393 Occitan: 0.334 OldChurchSlavonic: -0.084 OldEastSlavic: -0.161 OldFrench: 0.147 OldProvençal: -0.007 Persian: 0.684 Polish: 0.258 Pomak: 0.190 Portuguese: 0.166 Romanian: 0.210 Russian: 0.319 Sanskrit: 0.425 Gaelic: 0.236 Serbian: 0.372 Sicilian: 0.362 Sindhi: 0.841 Slovak: 0.344 Slovenian: 0.416 Spanish: 0.257 Swedish: 0.349 Ukrainian: 0.316 UpperSorbian: 0.717 Urdu: 0.759 Welsh: 0.705 WestArmenian: 0.171 Yiddish: 0.286 Uralic (n=6) Erzya: 0.269 Estonian: 0.448 Finnish: 0.384 Hungarian: 0.242 Komi: 0.201 NorthSami: 0.191 Sino-Austronesian (n=7) Cantonese: 0.394 Chinese: 0.530 ClassChinese: 0.011 Indonesian: 0.314 Javanese: 0.215 Thai: 0.296 Vietnamese: 0.239 Turkic (n=2) Turkish: -0.057 TurkishGerman: 0.403 Niger-Congo (n=4) Bambara: -0.197 Gbaya: 0.172 Wolof: 0.219 Yoruba: 0.495 South-American (n=6) Borôro: 0.097 Guajajára: 0.175 HighlandNahuatl: 0.427 Kiche: 0.209 Nhengatu: 0.100 WestNahuatl: -0.134 Afroasiatic (n=10) Amharic: -0.004 AncientHebrew: 0.029 Arabic: 0.096 Coptic: -0.034 Egyptian: -0.203 Hausa: 0.073 Hebrew: 0.319 Maghrebi: 0.165 Maltese: 0.409 Zaar: 0.353 Other (n=3) Basque: 0.112 Khoekhoe: -0.371 Korean: -0.055
RMAL 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 Indo-European (n=64) Afrikaans: 0.553 Albanian: 0.475 SwissGerman: 1.009 AncientGreek: 0.011 Armenian: 0.152 Bavarian: 0.752 Belarusian: 0.344 Breton: 0.200 Bulgarian: 0.326 CappadocianGreek: 0.236 Catalan: 0.363 ClassArmenian: 0.007 Croatian: 0.348 Czech: 0.417 Danish: 0.310 Dutch: 0.487 English: 0.186 Faroese: 0.020 French: 0.316 Galician: 0.504 German: 0.535 Gheg: 0.313 Gothic: -0.123 Greek: 0.322 Haitian: 0.299 Hindi: 1.031 Icelandic: 0.215 Irish: 0.149 Italian: 0.221 Latin: -0.101 Latvian: 0.296 Ligurian: 0.552 Lithuanian: 0.376 LowSaxon: 0.513 Manx: 0.388 MiddleFrench: 0.153 Naija: 0.133 Norwegian: 0.393 Occitan: 0.334 OldChurchSlavonic: -0.084 OldEastSlavic: -0.161 OldFrench: 0.147 OldProvençal: -0.007 Persian: 0.684 Polish: 0.258 Pomak: 0.190 Portuguese: 0.166 Romanian: 0.210 Russian: 0.319 Sanskrit: 0.425 Gaelic: 0.236 Serbian: 0.372 Sicilian: 0.362 Sindhi: 0.841 Slovak: 0.344 Slovenian: 0.416 Spanish: 0.257 Swedish: 0.349 Ukrainian: 0.316 UpperSorbian: 0.717 Urdu: 0.759 Welsh: 0.705 WestArmenian: 0.171 Yiddish: 0.286 Non-Indo-European (n=39) Amharic: -0.004 AncientHebrew: 0.029 Arabic: 0.096 Bambara: -0.197 Basque: 0.112 Borôro: 0.097 Cantonese: 0.394 Chinese: 0.530 ClassChinese: 0.011 Coptic: -0.034 Egyptian: -0.203 Erzya: 0.269 Estonian: 0.448 Finnish: 0.384 Georgian: 0.437 Guajajára: 0.175 Hausa: 0.073 Hebrew: 0.319 HighlandNahuatl: 0.427 Hungarian: 0.242 Indonesian: 0.314 Javanese: 0.215 Khoekhoe: -0.371 Kiche: 0.209 Komi: 0.201 Korean: -0.055 Maghrebi: 0.165 Maltese: 0.409 Nhengatu: 0.100 NorthSami: 0.191 Gbaya: 0.172 Thai: 0.296 Turkish: -0.057 TurkishGerman: 0.403 Vietnamese: 0.239 WestNahuatl: -0.134 Wolof: 0.219 Yoruba: 0.495 Zaar: 0.353 0
RMAL 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=15) Afrikaans: 0.553 SwissGerman: 1.009 Amharic: -0.004 Bambara: -0.197 Basque: 0.112 Borôro: 0.097 Hindi: 1.031 Khoekhoe: -0.371 Korean: -0.055 Persian: 0.684 Sanskrit: 0.425 Sindhi: 0.841 Turkish: -0.057 TurkishGerman: 0.403 Urdu: 0.759 NDO (mixed) (n=15) AncientGreek: 0.011 Armenian: 0.152 Bavarian: 0.752 ClassArmenian: 0.007 Dutch: 0.487 Erzya: 0.269 Estonian: 0.448 Georgian: 0.437 German: 0.535 Hungarian: 0.242 Komi: 0.201 Latin: -0.101 LowSaxon: 0.513 OldEastSlavic: -0.161 WestArmenian: 0.171 VO (n=73) Albanian: 0.475 AncientHebrew: 0.029 Arabic: 0.096 Belarusian: 0.344 Breton: 0.200 Bulgarian: 0.326 Cantonese: 0.394 CappadocianGreek: 0.236 Catalan: 0.363 Chinese: 0.530 ClassChinese: 0.011 Coptic: -0.034 Croatian: 0.348 Czech: 0.417 Danish: 0.310 Egyptian: -0.203 English: 0.186 Faroese: 0.020 Finnish: 0.384 French: 0.316 Galician: 0.504 Gheg: 0.313 Gothic: -0.123 Greek: 0.322 Guajajára: 0.175 Haitian: 0.299 Hausa: 0.073 Hebrew: 0.319 HighlandNahuatl: 0.427 Icelandic: 0.215 Indonesian: 0.314 Irish: 0.149 Italian: 0.221 Javanese: 0.215 Kiche: 0.209 Latvian: 0.296 Ligurian: 0.552 Lithuanian: 0.376 Maghrebi: 0.165 Maltese: 0.409 Manx: 0.388 MiddleFrench: 0.153 Naija: 0.133 Nhengatu: 0.100 NorthSami: 0.191 Gbaya: 0.172 Norwegian: 0.393 Occitan: 0.334 OldChurchSlavonic: -0.084 OldFrench: 0.147 OldProvençal: -0.007 Polish: 0.258 Pomak: 0.190 Portuguese: 0.166 Romanian: 0.210 Russian: 0.319 Gaelic: 0.236 Serbian: 0.372 Sicilian: 0.362 Slovak: 0.344 Slovenian: 0.416 Spanish: 0.257 Swedish: 0.349 Thai: 0.296 Ukrainian: 0.316 UpperSorbian: 0.717 Vietnamese: 0.239 Welsh: 0.705 WestNahuatl: -0.134 Wolof: 0.219 Yiddish: 0.286 Yoruba: 0.495 Zaar: 0.353 0