Research Paper
Year: 2022 | Month: May | Volume: 9 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 281-289
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20220536
Lexicostatistics of English, German and Dutch
Dewi Nurmala1, Dwi Widayati2
1Department of English Literature, 2Department of Indonesian Literature,
1Faculty of Letters, Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al Washliyah, Medan, Indonesia.
2Faculty of Cultural Science, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia.
Corresponding Author: Dewi Nurmala
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research is to determine how the relationship between English and German, English with Dutch and German with Dutch. In addition, this research is objective to finding the kinship of the three languages, the distance between the three languages is also discussed using a formula. The method used is qualitative and quantitative with data collection carried out in three stages, namely: (1) data condensation, (2) data presentation, and (3) drawing conclusions. The results showed that the percentage of kinship in English and German was 20.77% at family level with a separation time of 2,500 – 5,000 years. The percentage of kinship in English and Dutch is 32.36% at family level with separation time between 2,500 – 5,000 years and the percentage of kinship in German and Dutch is 49.75% at family level with separation time between 500 – 2,500 years. The split between English and German was 3707 years ago. The time of separation of English and Dutch was 2624 years ago and the time of separation of German and Dutch was 1642 years ago. The error range for English and German is 2193 years, the error range for English and Dutch is 1574 years and the error range for German and Dutch is 942 years.
Keywords: Lexicostatistics, English, German, Dutch .
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