rarissimum 8: laminal (tongue-blade) trill (see Image) Where found Czech (Slavonic, IE) Domain phonology Subdomain phoneme inventory Keywords laminal, trill Type rarissimum Universals violated none…
rarissimum 8
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rarum 7
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rarum 7: bilabial trill /è/,(i) prenasalized bilabial stop with trilled release, or(ii) trilled fricated vowel as syllabic variant of labial fricative Where found (i) Nias…
rarum 5
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rarum 5: a sizable inventory of basic smell terms, i.e., one with more than two or three items Where found Des(s)ana (Tucanoan, Andean-Equatorial); Totonaca (Totonacan,…
nonesuch 4
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nonesuch 4: two basic colour terms for RED1 and RED2 Where found Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic) Domain lexicon Subdomain basic terms Keywords colour terms Type nonesuch…
nonesuch 11
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nonesuch 11: eight or nine liquids, with three rhotics and five or six laterals Where found Iwaidjian (non-Pama Nyungan, Australian) Domain phonology Subdomain phoneme inventory…
rarissimum 10
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rarissimum 10: velar fricative (see Image) as the sole fricative (if this is what it is), rather than the expected /s/ Where found Iwaidjian (non-Pama…
rarum 6
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rarum 6: labial flap /vb/ (See Image) Where found over 60 languages in Africa (Afroasiatic: Chadic; Niger-Congo: esp. Adamawa-Ubangi, also Benue-Congo; Nilo-Saharan: Central Sudanic) and…
nonesuch 3
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nonesuch 3: (a) two basic colour terms for BLUE and LIGHT BLUE (b) and at the same time none for PURPLE Where found (a) Russian,…
nonesuch 9
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nonesuch 9: apical trills at three places of articulation (fronted alveolar, alveolar, retroflex) (see Image), both without and with palatalization Where found Toda (Dravidian) Domain…
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nonesuch 2: a basic colour term for TURQUOISE Where found Tsakhur (Nakh-Daghestanian) Domain lexicon Subdomain basic terms Keywords colour terms Type nonesuch Universals violated Source…