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  • From: David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 31: 47 - Suffix -UT
  • Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:56:57 +1100

I'd like to correct the following mistake I made:


1. Typological analysis of known human languages has convincingly demonstrated that human language minimally requires three vowels.


Human language minimally requires two vowels. A good brief cross-linguistic overview is:

Maddieson, Ian. 2005. “Vowel Quality Inventories.” Pages 14-17 in The World Atlas of Language Structures. Edited by Martin Haspelmath, Matthew S. Dryer, David Gil, and Bernard Comrie. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Interestingly, languages with small vowel inventories (ie 2-4 vowels) cluster in the Americas and Australia.

Regards,
David Kummerow.



  • Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 31: 47 - Suffix -UT, David Kummerow, 12/10/2007

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