> Logan Kearsley wrote:
>>
>> I used to have an IPA table that included the frequency of each phone
>> among world languages- which phones occur in 90% of all languages,
>> which phones occur in 80% of languages, which phones occur in only 5%
>> of languages, etc. But I seem to have lost it, and I can't find
>> anything like that on line. Anybody know where I could get a table or
>> a list with frequencies for different phones among world languages?
>
> here's something from 25 of the most common languages as sources
>
>
http://www.eskimo.com/~ram/phonology.html
Aha! Thanks. A larger list of phones would be appreciated, but that
will do nicely.
-l.