*SET-U

PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 148

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 05globalNO SINGLE PIN

Modern era

Global te-type distribution

tea DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

WALS classifies 84 of its 230-language sample as deriving from Min Nan te-type forms.

COORDINATES STORED
NO
HONEST TO PLOT
NO
PLACEMENT MODE
global
TIME PRECISION
unresolved
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
WITHHELD
CLAIM CITATIONS
1
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

NO YEAR HAS BEEN INVENTED.

The modern typological distribution is a sampled global state, not a single historical interval with a defensible start year.

DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.

Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

  1. supports

    Chapter 138: Tea

    Counts 84 of the 230 sampled languages in the Min Nan Chinese te-derived class; SET-U presents that sample as a distribution, not a universal.

    Chapter 138, Values of Map 138A: TeaAUDIT SOURCE ↗