Investigation of the Zipf-plot of the extinct Meroitic language
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The ancient and extinct language Meroitic is investigated using Zipf’s Law. In particular, since Meroitic is still undeciphered, the Zipf law analysis allows us to assess the quality of current texts and possible avenues for future investigation using statistical techniques.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Glottometrics
دوره 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007