Section: General Variables
Subsection: General

Polity Linguistic Family

The linguistic family of a polity.  
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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
linguistic_family The linguistic family of a polity.

# Polity Year(s) Linguistic Family Description   Edit
11
(Eastern Han Empire)
Full Year Range of Eastern Han Empire is assumed.
[25, 220]
Sino-Tibetan
None
12
(Western Jin)
Full Year Range of Western Jin is assumed.
[265, 317]
Sino-Tibetan
None
13
(Erligang)
Full Year Range of Erligang is assumed.
[-1650, -1250]
Sino-Tibetan
None
14
(Erlitou)
Full Year Range of Erlitou is assumed.
[-1850, -1600]
Sino-Tibetan
None
15
(Oyo)
Full Year Range of Oyo is assumed.
[1300, 1535]
Yoruboid
None
16
(Hmong - Late Qing)
Full Year Range of Hmong - Late Qing is assumed.
[1701, 1895]
Sino-Tibetan
None
17
(Jin)
Full Year Range of Jin is assumed.
[-780, -404]
Sino-Tibetan
None
18
(Longshan)
Full Year Range of Longshan is assumed.
[-3000, -1900]
NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI
None
19
(Jin Dynasty)
Full Year Range of Jin Dynasty is assumed.
[1115, 1234]
Sino-Tibetan
None
20
(Chola Empire)
Full Year Range of Chola Empire is assumed.
[849, 1280]
Dravidian
None
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