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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=4>Dear Corpora colleagues,</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=4>We have computed the phono-typological
distances between Old Russian and the other Slavonic and Baltic languages. The
ordered series of the TMB coefficient is as follows: Old Russian - Lithuanian
(2.84); Old Russian - Latvian<SPAN> (3,65); Old Russian -
Russian (4,71); Old Russian - Ukrainian (5,20); Belorussian –
6,42; Slovenian – 8,60; Czech – 10,29; Bulgarian – 11,08;
Macedonian – 13,92; Slovak – 14,20; Serbo-Croatian – 15,31;
Sorbian (Luzhits) – 20,16; Polish – 30,54. Therefore, the distribution
of the elements of the speech sound chains makes us conclude that Baltic
(Lithuanian and Latvian) sound more similarly to the Old Russian language, but
not to Russian, Belorussian or Ukrainian as one may expect. Can you share your
opinion and write me to <A href="mailto:yutamb@mail.ru">yutamb@mail.ru</A>
Yuri Tambovtsev, Novosibirsk Ped.University,
Russia</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>