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Psyche:
If there is anyone interesting in reading these papers on language evolution, let me know. I downloaded them while searching for something else and don't have the time to look into them. They may or may not be of interest.

Networks uncover hidden lexical borrowing in Indo-European language evolution
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/11/23/rspb.2010.1917.short

The shape and tempo of language evolution
http://simon.net.nz/articles/the-shape-and-tempo-of-language-evolution/



[it seems the second one can be downloaded from that link]

Chacara:
 It seems interesting to me. May I look at them?

Psyche:
Sure! Let us know if you find something interesting.  :)

Path27:
Thanks for finding and posting these, Psyche -- they look very interesting and I'd like to read these too!

There are a couple of other papers like this that I found if anyone else wants to try to take a look:

Evolved structure of language shows lineage-specific trends in word-order universals
www.gs.washington.edu/news/Dunn2011.pdf

Phonemic Diversity Supports a Serial Founder Effect Model of Language Expansion from Africa (abstract only  :( )
www.sciencemag.org/content/332/6027/346.abstract

Languages and Genes: Reflections on Biolinguistics and the Nature–Nurture Question
www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~bob/Ladd-Dediu-Kinsella.pdf

This one shows a correlation between tone languages and the genes of their speakers -- it may or may not be useful.

Kaigen:
reading this I had immediately a picture in my mind that you can merge all this languages with using frequency.
For each language a different frequency, like a Japanese fan if you close it you become one Language.
Funny, isn't it?  :)

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