About the difference in average length:
I get that ch-words are averagely 5.45 EVA characters long; for sh- the measure is 5.17. The difference is 0.28.
This is the histogram for frequent word couples, where I replaced absolute counts by % on all ch-words / sh-words.
The following is the graph for the distribution of word lengths.
The higher number of 3-chars sh-words appears to be mostly due to sho (with a small contribution of shy).
The prominence of shedy over chedy appears to be responsible for sh- having more 5 chars words than ch-. Other 5-chars couples like Xheol / Xheor show a much smaller preference for sh- or also a slight preference for ch-.
Words 6-chars long or longer tend to uniformly favour ch- over sh-. I think this could just be an effect of sh- words concentrating at length 2 and 5. Overall, I think that sho and shedy might by themselves explain the observed difference in length.
I get that ch-words are averagely 5.45 EVA characters long; for sh- the measure is 5.17. The difference is 0.28.
This is the histogram for frequent word couples, where I replaced absolute counts by % on all ch-words / sh-words.
The following is the graph for the distribution of word lengths.
The higher number of 3-chars sh-words appears to be mostly due to sho (with a small contribution of shy).
The prominence of shedy over chedy appears to be responsible for sh- having more 5 chars words than ch-. Other 5-chars couples like Xheol / Xheor show a much smaller preference for sh- or also a slight preference for ch-.
Words 6-chars long or longer tend to uniformly favour ch- over sh-. I think this could just be an effect of sh- words concentrating at length 2 and 5. Overall, I think that sho and shedy might by themselves explain the observed difference in length.
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