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The Commonest Speech Sounds: Prevalence Rates for Phonemes of the World
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posted on 2017-05-29, 04:24 authored by Suzy J StylesSuzy J StylesPrevalence rates of
speech-sounds across 1672 languages. Data from PHOIBLE Online. Colour scale
indicates range from the listed percentage to the next higher percent.
This figure first appeared in Styles SJ (2016) ‘Sensory worlds: Multisensory outcomes of sensory tuning to phoneme structure’ Presentation at the 5th Southern African Microlinguistics Workshop, Bloemfontein, South Africa, November 2016.
Data source:
Moran, S., McCloy, D., & Wright, R. (2014). PHOIBLE Online. Retrieved 2016-10-06, from Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology http://phoible.org/
This figure first appeared in Styles SJ (2016) ‘Sensory worlds: Multisensory outcomes of sensory tuning to phoneme structure’ Presentation at the 5th Southern African Microlinguistics Workshop, Bloemfontein, South Africa, November 2016.
Data source:
Moran, S., McCloy, D., & Wright, R. (2014). PHOIBLE Online. Retrieved 2016-10-06, from Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology http://phoible.org/
