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TABLE 5. -FIVE THOUSAND WORDS OF HIGHER FREQUENCY 
COMPARISON OF LANGUAGES 
Language Groups 
Derivative 
Percentage 
Index No. 
Percentage 
Word Total 
Total 
English 
1,925 
40.92 
88,081 
53.58 
Latin 
2,038 
43.32 
56,276 
34.23 
Greek 
294 
6.25 
7,277 
4.42 
Scandinavian 
179 
3.80 
6,319 
3.78 
German 
95 
2.02 
2,387 
1.47 
Teutonic 
40 
0.85 
1,045 
0.80 
Other Indo-European 
109 
2.32 
2,469 
1.50 
Other Languages 
24 
0.51 
557 
0.30 
Total 
4,704 
100.00 
164,411 
100.00 
Omitted Groups 
431 
12,117 
Grand Total 
5,135 
176,528 
1. The Latin group comprises the totals for Other-Latin, Latin Direct, and Latin-Other.. 
Similarly for the Greek group. 
2. The German group comprises Old High German, Old Low German, and German. 
3. The Other Indo-European group comprises Sanskrit, Hindu, Celtic, Old Frankish, French, 
Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and Slavic contributions. 
4. The Other Languages are African, Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Hungarian, North American 
Indian, Persian, and Tartar. 
5. The Omitted Groups are all Compound Etymologies, all Hybrids and Proper Names. 
TABLE 6.— TABLE OF COMPARISON OF LANGUAGES AMONG THE 
FIVE THOUSAND WORDS OF LESS FREQUENCY 
Language Groups 
Derivative 
Word 
Total 
Percentage 
of Total 
Words 
Index 
Number 
Total 
Percentage 
of Total 
Occurrences 
English 
1,284 
29.01 
7,020 
29.45 
Latin 
2,160 
48.80 
11,716 
49.15 
Greek 
363 
8.20 
1,685 
7.07 
Scandinavian 
197 
4.45 
1,146 
4.80 
German 
103 
2.32 
522 
2.19 
Other Teutonic 
50 
1.13 
291 
1.22 
Other Indo-European 
130 
2.93 
708 
2.97 
Other Languages 
139 
3.14 
747 
3.13 
Grand Total 
4,426 
23,835 
