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Re: Phone frequencies

From:Logan Kearsley <chronosurfer@...>
Date:Saturday, September 6, 2008, 23:16
On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Matthew <ave.jor@...> wrote:
> 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.