sillsdev / cog

Cog is a tool for comparing languages using lexicostatistics and comparative linguistics techniques.
http://sillsdev.github.io/cog/
MIT License
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Add support for metathesis to word alignment #56

Open ddaspit opened 8 years ago

ddaspit commented 8 years ago

The alignment algorithm implementation in Cog does not currently support metathesis. Although rare, there are some instances of metathesis as a sound change.