The rows in the table represent the sites where the data was collected and the columns represent the linguistic variables. A cell may be empty for missing data. When more than one variant exists for one linguistic variable in one location, both variants are put in a single cell separated by the three characters: space slash space.
| variant B2i / variant B2j |
Note that all leading and trailing spaces are ignored.
Example of string data:
| bloemen | machines | |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | blʊmə | məʃinəs |
| Groningen | blɔˑŭm̩ | məsinəs |
| Utrecht | blɔmə | məsin |
Example of categorical data:
| shape | color | |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | round | yellow |
| Groningen | square | red |
| Utrecht | round | grey / red |
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