Going from Quechua to Lao (ΰΊΰΊ²ΰΊͺΰΊ²ΰΊ₯ΰΊ²ΰΊ§) has a composite linguistic distance of 84% (heuristic estimate). Below is the dimension-by-dimension breakdown.
Shared vocabulary, cognates, and loanwords.
Morphology, syntax, word order, cases.
Shared sounds and phoneme inventory.
Latin β Lao
Quechuan β Tai-Kadai
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