rarum 23: word-stress (in non-focussed or naturally focussed phrases) phonetically implemented by low rather than high pitch Where found Saipan and Guam dialects of Chamorro…
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rarum 26
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rarum 26: ‘four’ as a regular base for a numeral system Where found Nyali (aka Huku, Bantu, Niger-Congo), Afudu (affiliation?, Africa); Hawaiian (originally; Polynesian, Austronesian);…
rarissimum 28
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rarissimum 28: phonemic secondary ‘labio-palatalization’(simultaneous labial rounding and palatal constriction) Where found Twi (Kwa, Niger-Congo); French (Romance, IE) Domain phonology Subdomain phoneme inventory Keywords palatalization…
rarum 29
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rarum 29: use of metathesis (CV ~ VC) for grammatical purposes, viz. to express distinctions of aspect and/or definiteness, or of word-class (noun-verb) Where found…
rarum 30
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rarum 30: case distinction exclusively by tone Where found Eastern (or Para-)Nilotic (Nilo-Saharan); (some) Cushitic, (some) Omotic (?) (Afroasiatic); (some) Bantu, Bantoid, Kwa (Niger-Congo); Burmese…
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nonesuch 31: reduplication of verb to form finite verb of restrictive relative clauses with non-actor head nouns Where found Wetan (Eastern Indonesian, Austronesian) Domain morphology:…
rarissimum 32
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rarissimum 32: plural marking of a small subset of nouns (persons, kin) by lengthening of the vowel of the antepenultimate syllable, not a salient structural…