Re: The most common sounds (Was: Re: backwards conlanging)
| From: | Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 28, 2000, 5:30 |
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On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> Hmm, this gets me thinking... I wonder what are the most common sounds
> that are found in almost every language? From the few languages that I
> know, it seems that the following sounds are most common:
Rick Morneau at http://www.srv.net/~ram/essays.html has a table of common
sounds and percentages. I've seen his site mentioned here before. It's
good stuff; I just ignore all the IAL stuff since I don't really care.
(Sorry, guys, but it's true.) Er--the table is consonants and not
vowels. Anyone have a site or source for most common vowels?