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Can computational methods extend the Meroitic lexicon?

Asked 26 Oct 2026 by ·Part of What language family does Meroitic belong to?·2 answers·0·0 following
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Word embeddings and alignment with related or contact languages could suggest meanings for unknown words, but they need a machine-readable corpus, which exists only in a small form⁠[1]⁠[2].

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  1. Otten & Anastasopoulos puts forward: with a machine-readable REM, distributional and cross-lingual methods will propose testable meanings.
  2. Otten & Anastasopoulos: on 871 texts, embeddings captured some semantic structure; cross-lingual lexicon induction with Late Egyptian…For: With a machine-readable REM, distributional and cross-lingual methods will propose testable meanings.
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