I did not know the term, but very intuitive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_and_innovative_(linguistics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_a

I did not know the term, but very intuitive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_and_innovative_(linguistics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_and_innovative_(l... linked near the top of https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Lithuanian_language https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Lithuanian_language I'd be curious to see some kind of (perhaps multi-dimensional?) characterization/ranking of all languages' conservatism and innovation, if anyone happens to have a pointer.