Talk:Linguasphere language code

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sector phylosector [ps] geosector [gs]
zone  phylozones [pz] or geozones [gz]

can there be a language having ps-gz or another having gs-pz? Idea of examples? Tobias Conradi (Talk) 21:25, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

I think there are quite a few examples of gs-pz zones (e.g. Khoisan languages), but not any ps-gz. I'll have to check this. I believe that ps-gz is theoretically possible, but not most practicable: if the languages of a ps are shown to be in genetic relationship one with another, then the constituent zones of the ps are also likely to be based on genetic relationships. --Gareth Hughes 11:43, 23 January 2006 (UTC)