Re: Nonpulmonic conlang?

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:55:28 -0800, Sai Emrys <sai@...> wrote:

>Has anyone made a conlang that exclusively uses nonpulmonic
>phone(me)s? Or, has ANADEW?
>
>(Sign languages don't count. Cheater. :-P)
>
>- Sai
According to UPSID's database,
94.24%	 of the languages in their sample contain at least 1 voiced bilabial
nasal /m/;
89.36%	 of the languages in their sample contain at least 1 voiceless velar
plosive /k/;
83.81%	 of the languages in their sample contain at least 1 voiced palatal
approximant /j/;
83.15%	 of the languages in their sample contain at least 1 voiceless bilabial
plosive /p/;
73.61%	 of the languages in their sample contain at least 1 voiced labial-
velar approximant /w/;
63.64%	 of the languages in their sample contain at least 1 voiced bilabial
plosive /b/;
61.86%	 of the languages in their sample contain at least 1 voiceless glottal
fricative /h/;
56.10%	 of the languages in their sample contain at least 1 voiced velar
plosive /g/;
52.55%	 of the languages in their sample contain at least 1 voiced velar
nasal /N/;

87.80%	of UPSID's languages contain 1 or more voiceless sibilant fricative
consonants (such as /s/ or /S/).
	
60.31%	of UPSID's languages contain 1 or more voiced alveolar consonants
(such as /n/ or /l/).
59.20%	of UPSID's languages contain 1 or more non-lateral non-sibilant
alveolar consonants (such as /n/ or /t/).
57.43%	of UPSID's languages contain 1 or more voiced non-lateral non-
sibilant alveolar consonants (such as /n/ or /d/).
56.76%	of UPSID's languages contain 1 or more voiceless alveolar consonants
(such as /s/ or /t/).
50.33%	of UPSID's languages contain 1 or more voiced fricative consonants
(such as /v/ or /z/).
76.05%	of UPSID's languages contain 1 or more voiced lateral approximant
consonants (such as /l/ or /l_d/).
56.98%	of UPSID's languages contain 1 or more voiceless sibilant palato-
alveolar consonants (such as /+tS)/ or /S/).
62.08%	of UPSID's languages contain 1 or more sibilant affricate consonants
(such as /+tS)/ or /+dZ)/).
55.21%	of UPSID's languages contain 1 or more voiceless sibilant affricate
consonants (such as /+tS)/ or /+ts)/).

62.75%	of UPSID's languages contain 2 or more non-lateral non-sibilant
fricative consonants (maybe /h/ and /f/ or /x/).
50.55%	of UPSID's languages contain 2 or more voiceless non-lateral non-
sibilant fricative consonants (maybe /h/ and /f/ or /x/).
	
52.99%	of UPSID's languages contain 2 or more sibilant fricative consonants
(like /s/ or /S/ or /s_d/ or /z/).
63.86%	of UPSID's languages contain 2 or more voiceless sibilant consonants
(like /s/ or /+tS)/ or /S/ or /s_d/).

66.30%	of UPSID's languages contain 3 or more bilabial consonants.
62.08%	of UPSID's languages contain 3 or more voiced approximant
consonants.
55.65%	of UPSID's languages contain 3 or more voiced plosive consonants.
63.64%	of UPSID's languages contain 3 or more voiced nasal consonants.
61.86%	of UPSID's languages contain 3 or more voiceless fricative
consonants.
52.33%	of UPSID's languages contain 3 or more alveolar consonants.
57.87%	of UPSID's languages contain 3 or more sibilant consonants.
	
59.65%	of UPSID's languages contain 4 or more voiceless plosive consonants.
51.66%	of UPSID's languages contain 4 or more fricative consonants.
	

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And so on.

In particular, _every_ language in their sample contains at least three
plosives.  This doesn't include clicks nor ejectives.