nonesuch 127: word-stress sensitive to consonant voicing (such sensitivity to phonation being more characteristic of tone than of stress) Where found Pirahã (Mura-Pirahã, Macro-Chibchan) Domain…
nonesuch 127
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nonesuch 127: word-stress sensitive to consonant voicing (such sensitivity to phonation being more characteristic of tone than of stress) Where found Pirahã (Mura-Pirahã, Macro-Chibchan) Domain…
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nonesuch 22: word-stress on post-postinitial syllable Where found Winnebago (Siouan) Domain phonology Subdomain word-stress Keywords post-postinitial syllable Type nonesuch Universals violated ?, ?, Source Miner,…
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rarissimum 128: as many as five phonological tone levels, plus two falling and one rising contour tone Where found Black Miao (of Ch’ing Chiang Miao…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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rarissimum 101: VC as (the only or preferred) syllable type, with VC0CV thus syllabified as VC0C.V rather than as VC0.CV, at least at some level…