create a Phylogenetic Tree based on \"mutations of the words for the numbers giv
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create a Phylogenetic Tree based on "mutations of the words for the numbers given in different languages in the table below. Devise a method to calculate changes in the words and descrive your method briefly in less than a paragraph. Draw the Phylogenetic Tree. Thank you
Cognate Cladistics SpanishFrench uno dos tres cuatro cinco seis siete ocho nueve diez Dutch een twee Latin unum duo tres quattuor quinque sex septem octo ovem decem GermanItalian eins zwei Columnl Y English 1lone 2ltwo 3 three 4 four 5 five 6 six 7 severn 8eight 9 nine un deax trois quatre cing SIX sept huit neuf dIx rei vier funf sechs sieben acht neun zehn uno due tre quattro cinque Sei sette otto ove dieci rie vier VIJ zes zeven acht negen tien 10 tenExplanation / Answer
Based on the common letters, disappearance of letters, appearance of new letters and letters in more number of languages, the phylogenetic tree of language descent can be explained as follows:
1. u is in Spanish, French, Italian and Latin; e is in German, Dutch and English; o is in English, Spanish and Italian; i is in German and s is in German.
Spanish and Italian --> French -->Latin--> German -->Dutch --> English
2. d is in Spanish, French, Italian and Latin; w is in English, German, Dutch; e is in French, German, Italian, Dutch; u is in Italian, Latin; o is in Spanish, Latin; I in German; s in Spanish; a and x in French; z in German
Italian-->Latin->Spanish->French->Dutch->German->English
Similarly in all the other cases:
3. Spanish and Latin-> Italian-> English->French->German and Dutch
4. Latin-> Italian-> French-> Spanish-> English->German and Dutch
5. Italian->French-> Spanish->Latin->German->English->Dutch
6. Italian->Latin->English and French-->Spanish->German->Dutch
7. Italian->Spanish->German->French->Latin->English->Dutch
8. Spanish->Latin->Italian->German and Dutch->French->English
9. Spanish->French->German->Italian->Latin->Dutch->English
10. Spanish->Italian->Latin->French->German->Dutch->English
Result:
The phylogenetic tree is like this
Spanish and Italian-->Latin-->French-->German-->English-->Dutch
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