rarum 14: lack of bilabial nasal and possibly bilabial stops Where found Iroquois; Tlingit (Na-Dene) Domain phonology Subdomain phoneme inventory Keywords bilabial, nasal, stops Type…
rarum 14
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rarissimum 15
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rarissimum 15: three-way quantity contrast of both vowels and consonants Where found Estonian (?), Livonian (?), Saami (?) (all Uralic) Domain phonology Subdomain quantity Keywords…
nonesuch 16
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nonesuch 16: phonemic contrast between diphthong and vowel followed by glide (see Image) Where found Maastricht Dutch (Germanic, IE) Domain phonology Subdomain phoneme inventory Keywords…
rarum (or infrequentale?) 17: Resolved Moraic Trochee as foot type Where found (esp. older) Germanic (IE); Cayuvava (Andean-Equatorial) (?) Domain phonology Subdomain foot structure Keywords…
rarum 23
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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…
rarum (or infrequentale?) 131: a phoneme inventory with more vowels than consonants (10 : 8) Where found Hawaiian, and probably other Polynesian lgs (Austronesian) Domain…
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…
nonesuch 132
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nonesuch 132: a phoneme inventory with almost 40 times as many consonants as vowels Where found Ubykh (Northwest Caucasian) Domain phonology Subdomain phoneme inventory Keywords…
infrequentale (family possession) 99: high and low vowels as one class as opposed to mid vowels in determining vowel harmony Where found Swahili and perhaps…
nonesuch 100
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nonesuch 100: vowel harmony in terms of vowel peripherality, rather than of backness (palatal harmony), roundness (labial harmony), or ATR (height harmony) Where found Pasiego…