Tea
Vocabulary · one world map for each value
WALS codes 230 languages for this feature. The most frequent value, “Words derived from Sinitic cha”, covers 110 of them (48%); the least frequent, “Others”, covers 36.
That value is most frequent in Eurasia (62% of the 127 languages coded there) and least frequent in Papunesia (15% of 26).
All 23 Altaic languages coded have “Words derived from Sinitic cha”.
Indo-European is the most divided, its largest group reaching only 30 of 59.
Words derived from Sinitic cha110 languages · 48%
Words derived from Min Nan Chinese te84 languages · 37%
Others36 languages · 16%
One map per value; each dot is a language WALS codes with that value.
By macro-area
| Value | Africa | Eurasia | Papunesia | Australia | North America | South America |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Words derived from Sinitic cha | 24 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Words derived from Min Nan Chinese te | 16 | 40 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Others | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| All values | 50 | 127 | 26 | 6 | 18 | 3 |
Inside the largest families
| Family | Coded | Most frequent value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indo-European | 59 | Words derived from Sinitic cha | 51% |
| Austronesian | 29 | Words derived from Min Nan Chinese te | 72% |
| Altaic | 23 | Words derived from Sinitic cha | 100% |
| Niger-Congo | 21 | Words derived from Min Nan Chinese te | 52% |
| Afro-Asiatic | 16 | Words derived from Sinitic cha | 69% |
| Sino-Tibetan | 10 | Words derived from Sinitic cha | 60% |