A new model for competition between many languages

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Time evolution of number of cities, population of cities, world population, and size distribution of present languages are studied in terms of a new model, where population of each city increases by a random rate and decreases by a random division. World population and size distribution of languages come out in good agreement with the available empirical data.
Mathematical Physics, Computational Theory and Mathematics, General Physics and Astronomy, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Computer Science Applications
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/44994
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS C
Department of Physics, Article

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Ç. Tuncay, “A new model for competition between many languages,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS C, pp. 1203–1208, 2007, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/44994.
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