Section: General Variables
Subsection: General

Polity Language

The language of a polity.  
Contributors:

Variable Definition
Polity The Seshat Polity ID
Year(s) The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Tag [Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown]
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Variable Definition
language The language of a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Language Description   Edit
11
(Hmong - Late Qing)
Full Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed.
[1701, 1895]
Hmongic
None
12
(Hmong - Late Qing)
Full Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed.
[1701, 1895]
Chuanqiandian
None
13
(Northern Wei)
Full Year Range of Northern Wei is assumed.
[386, 534]
Chinese
None
14
(Early Qing)
Full Year Range of Early Qing is assumed.
[1644, 1796]
Manchu language
None
15
(Xianbei Confederation)
Full Year Range of Xianbei Confederation is assumed.
[100, 250]
Xianbei
None
16
(Western Zhou)
Full Year Range of Western Zhou is assumed.
[-1122, -771]
Chinese
None
17
(Badarian)
Full Year Range of Badarian is assumed.
[-4400, -3800]
suspected unknown
None
18
(Buhaya)
Full Year Range of Buhaya is assumed.
[-10000, 2000]
Haya
None
19
(Karagwe)
Full Year Range of Karagwe is assumed.
[1500, 1916]
Kinyambo
None
20
(Chola Empire)
Full Year Range of Chola Empire is assumed.
[849, 1280]
Tamil
None
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