Attested forms, reconstructions, and explicit limits.
THE GLOBAL LANGUAGE GRAPH
FAMILY ATLAS ↗THE GENEALOGY, NOT THE GLOSSARY
NODE → EDGE → FAMILY → HUMAN LANGUAGETHE WHOLE GRAPH.
NO INVENTED BRIDGES.
Every reviewed historical form and relationship in one navigable system. Where evidence connects families, the graph connects them. Where it does not, the space between them remains visible.
Every relationship carries two change claims and evidence.
Disconnected components stay disconnected.
Inferred forms remain visibly different from records.
515 distinct sources attached to relationships.
Topological steps, not a fabricated universal timescale.
0125 CONNECTED FAMILIES.
THE WHOLE REVIEWED GRAPH
25 CONNECTED FAMILIES.
29 HONEST ISLANDS.
- DOSSIERS
- 38
- NODES
- 138
- EDGES
- 140
- DEPTH
- 9
- DOSSIERS
- 35
- NODES
- 190
- EDGES
- 192
- DEPTH
- 9
- DOSSIERS
- 13
- NODES
- 69
- EDGES
- 72
- DEPTH
- 10
- DOSSIERS
- 10
- NODES
- 60
- EDGES
- 63
- DEPTH
- 11
- DOSSIERS
- 9
- NODES
- 45
- EDGES
- 44
- DEPTH
- 9
- DOSSIERS
- 8
- NODES
- 63
- EDGES
- 64
- DEPTH
- 9
- DOSSIERS
- 7
- NODES
- 38
- EDGES
- 37
- DEPTH
- 8
- DOSSIERS
- 7
- NODES
- 37
- EDGES
- 36
- DEPTH
- 7
- DOSSIERS
- 7
- NODES
- 21
- EDGES
- 20
- DEPTH
- 5
- DOSSIERS
- 5
- NODES
- 24
- EDGES
- 24
- DEPTH
- 7
- DOSSIERS
- 5
- NODES
- 22
- EDGES
- 21
- DEPTH
- 6
- DOSSIERS
- 5
- NODES
- 18
- EDGES
- 17
- DEPTH
- 6
- DOSSIERS
- 4
- NODES
- 33
- EDGES
- 32
- DEPTH
- 10
- DOSSIERS
- 4
- NODES
- 21
- EDGES
- 20
- DEPTH
- 7
- DOSSIERS
- 4
- NODES
- 20
- EDGES
- 19
- DEPTH
- 7
- DOSSIERS
- 3
- NODES
- 14
- EDGES
- 13
- DEPTH
- 5
- DOSSIERS
- 3
- NODES
- 14
- EDGES
- 13
- DEPTH
- 6
- DOSSIERS
- 3
- NODES
- 14
- EDGES
- 13
- DEPTH
- 7
- DOSSIERS
- 3
- NODES
- 8
- EDGES
- 7
- DEPTH
- 3
- DOSSIERS
- 2
- NODES
- 14
- EDGES
- 13
- DEPTH
- 7
- DOSSIERS
- 2
- NODES
- 11
- EDGES
- 10
- DEPTH
- 5
- DOSSIERS
- 2
- NODES
- 9
- EDGES
- 9
- DEPTH
- 6
- DOSSIERS
- 2
- NODES
- 7
- EDGES
- 6
- DEPTH
- 4
- DOSSIERS
- 2
- NODES
- 6
- EDGES
- 5
- DEPTH
- 3
- DOSSIERS
- 2
- NODES
- 5
- EDGES
- 4
- DEPTH
- 3
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 13
- EDGES
- 12
- DEPTH
- 10
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 11
- EDGES
- 10
- DEPTH
- 8
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 10
- EDGES
- 9
- DEPTH
- 9
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 8
- EDGES
- 7
- DEPTH
- 7
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 8
- EDGES
- 7
- DEPTH
- 7
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 7
- EDGES
- 6
- DEPTH
- 6
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 7
- EDGES
- 6
- DEPTH
- 6
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 7
- EDGES
- 6
- DEPTH
- 3
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 6
- EDGES
- 5
- DEPTH
- 2
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 5
- EDGES
- 4
- DEPTH
- 4
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 5
- EDGES
- 4
- DEPTH
- 4
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 5
- EDGES
- 4
- DEPTH
- 2
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 5
- EDGES
- 4
- DEPTH
- 4
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 5
- EDGES
- 4
- DEPTH
- 3
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 5
- EDGES
- 4
- DEPTH
- 4
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 4
- EDGES
- 3
- DEPTH
- 3
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 4
- EDGES
- 3
- DEPTH
- 3
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 4
- EDGES
- 3
- DEPTH
- 2
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 4
- EDGES
- 3
- DEPTH
- 3
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 4
- EDGES
- 3
- DEPTH
- 3
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 4
- EDGES
- 3
- DEPTH
- 3
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 4
- EDGES
- 3
- DEPTH
- 3
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 4
- EDGES
- 3
- DEPTH
- 2
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 4
- EDGES
- 3
- DEPTH
- 3
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 4
- EDGES
- 3
- DEPTH
- 3
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 4
- EDGES
- 3
- DEPTH
- 3
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 3
- EDGES
- 2
- DEPTH
- 2
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 3
- EDGES
- 2
- DEPTH
- 2
- DOSSIERS
- 1
- NODES
- 3
- EDGES
- 2
- DEPTH
- 2
02 / SELECTED EVIDENCE COMPONENT
śramaṇa
shaman
ATTESTED* RECONSTRUCTEDBOUNDARYMODERN DOSSIERLATER FORM → EARLIER FORM
4MATCHING NODES
3MATCHING EDGES
The complete component remains visible. Filters emphasize matching evidence; they never amputate surrounding history.
EDGECHILD → PARENTRELATION / SCHOLARCONFIDENCEEVIDENCE
0340shaman → šamānborrowing via competing routesMerriam-Webster Editors · Andrei A. Znamenski
established2 citations / 2 sources ↗0341šamān → UNKNOWNknowledge boundarySET-U editorial boundary · Peter Zieme
boundary1 citations / 1 sources ↗0342šamān → śramaṇaproposed borrowingPeter Zieme and prior scholars reviewed by him
speculative2 citations / 2 sources ↗03
HOW TO READ THE MAP
CONNECTION IS A CLAIM.
A family exists only when reviewed canonical edges connect its nodes. Empty space means the evidence is still disconnected.
Left-to-right depth is topological descent through claims, not a universal calendar or an assertion of equal duration.
Language, form, status, gloss, dossier reuse, and a permanent node record travel together.
Every line resolves to a relationship record with sound change, semantic change, scholar, confidence, and citations.
Every reconstructed form keeps its asterisk. Attested and inferred evidence never share one visual state.
Boundary nodes are not ancestors. They say exactly where this reviewed path currently stops.