Historical Linguistics and Language Families 10, Exercise 3: your own plan There is no single answer. A good plan has these parts: - the two languages named; - a list of basic words to compare (numbers, body parts, water, fire); - the sources: a dictionary or etymological reference for each language, and a reference such as an encyclopedia article for the family; - the checks for chance, loanwords and contact (a loanword from the other language would break the comparison); - what would make you doubt the result: too few cognates, no regular correspondence, or evidence that the shared words were borrowed. Self-check: could someone else repeat your comparison from the plan, and could the result be proved wrong? If not, add the missing steps.