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Languages related a long time ago exhibit systematic correspondences distinct from unrelated ones
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Languages that share a common genealogical origin exhibit systematic sound correspondences and cognates, which form the cornerstone of historical linguistics.

Evidence for · 6
Dated language phylogenies shed light on the ancestry of Sino-Tibetan.
2019 · cited by 82
The study applies the comparative method to identify sound correspondences and cognates to infer genealogical relationships in Sino-Tibetan languages.
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Papers 0, 2, 3, 4, 9, and 10 all support the claim that related languages exhibit systematic sound correspondences and regularities used to determine genealogical relationships. There are no papers refuting this principle. Therefore, the balance verdict is SUPPORTED.

More for · 5
The regularity of regular sound change
2020 · cited by 20
The research highlights the fundamental historical linguistics principle that regular sound changes affect vocabulary systematically.
The Potential of Automatic Word Comparison for Historical Linguistics.
2017 · cited by 15
Automatic approaches rely on the detection of etymologically related words (cognates) and regular patterns to establish language relationships.
Trimming Phonetic Alignments Improves the Inference of Sound Correspondence Patterns from Multilingual Wordlists
2023 · cited by 10
The study demonstrates how trimming phonetic alignments improves the inference of consistent sound correspondence patterns across language families.
A Benchmark Database of Phonetic Alignments in Historical Linguistics and Dialectology
2014 · cited by 6
Phonetic alignment plays a crucial role in historical linguistics by identifying regular sound correspondences and deeper genealogical relations.
Cognate reflex prediction as hypothesis test for a genealogical relation between the Panoan and Takanan language families.
2024 · cited by 4
The research tests proposed sound correspondences between language families to successfully predict cognate reflexes and confirm genealogical relations.
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