Rara #131
Legacy number: 131
| Number | 131 |
| Phenomenon | a phoneme inventory with more vowels than consonants (10 : 8) |
| Found in | Hawaiian, and probably other Polynesian lgs (Austronesian) |
| Domain | phonology — phoneme inventory |
| Type | rarum (or infrequentale?) |
| Keywords | vowel, consonant |
| Source | Hagège, Claude (1982). La structure des langues. (Que sais-je?, 2006.) Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, p. 20. |
Discussion
Notes
HagËge also mentions Wichita (Caddoan) as a runner-up with as many as 8 vowels and as few as 9 consonants.
Comment
Hagège also mentions Wichita (Caddoan) as a runner-up with as many as 8 vowels and as few as 9 consonants.
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