A new model for competition between many languages
arXiv:physics/0612137 · doi:10.1142/S0129183107011236
Abstract
Time evolutions of number of cities, population of cities, world population, and size distribution of present languages are studied in terms of a new model, where population of each city increases by a random rate and decreases by a random division. World population and size distribution of languages come out in good agreement with the available empirical data.
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