%0 Journal Article
%A Koile, Ezequiel
%A Chechuro, Ilia
%A Moroz, George
%A Daniel, Michael
%+ Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
%T Geography and language divergence: The case of Andic languages
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%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000A-7CBA-A
%R 10.1371/journal.pone.0265460
%7 2022-05-26
%D 2022
%8 26.05.2022
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X We study the correlation between phylogenetic and geographic distances for the languages of
the Andic branch of the East Caucasian (Nakh-Daghestanian) language family. For several
alternative phylogenies, we find that geographic distances correlate with linguistic divergence.
Notably, qualitative classifications show a better fit with geography than cognacy-based
phylogenies. We interpret this result as follows: The better fit may be due to implicit geographic
bias in qualitative classifications. We conclude that approaches to classification other than those
based on cognacy run a risk to implicitly include geography and geography-related factors as one basis of genealogical classifications.
%J PLoS One
%V 17
%N 5
%] e0265460
%I Public Library of Science
%C San Francisco, CA
%@ 1932-6203
%U https://osf.io/x6frv/