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This index is arranged according to the phonetic classification of the segments, and includes the number of languages with each given segment type and a list of the languages in which it occurs. The phoneme charts and segment index make available to other users the basic data of UPSID. With these tools, much of the information in the database ...
Dec 19, 2013 · Introduction The development of online databases of language information, such as WALS (the World Atlas of Language Structures, Dryer & Haspelmath 2011) and UPSID (UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database, Maddieson 1984, Maddieson & Precoda 1990), make investigations of cross-linguistic patterns faster and easier, especially on a large scale.
Jun 30, 2014 · Database of Eurasian phonological inventories. number of records: 416 languages; type of sample: interface: web and offline (json) data: segment inventory, suprasegmentals, language (name, family, group) searchable: segment inventory, language, location; search display: map, list, segments table; Indo-European Phonological Inventory Database ...
This chapter begins with a brief sketch of the way that speech is typically performed, in order to give the reader a preliminary orientation, and concludes with a summary of the principles on which speech can be classified at both the segmental and the suprasegmental levels of analysis.
The results are based on UPSID (the UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database), a computer file containing the phonemes of 317 languages selected on the basis of genetic diversity. The book contains nine chapters analysing the UPSID data, as well as fully labelled phoneme charts for each language and a comprehensive segment index.
Jun 16, 2022 · To illustrate the interoperation and reuse potential of this data collection, we develop a new suite of software tools that allow us to extract various phonological and lexical features from the ...
Generalizations about phoneme inventories. All languages have both consonants and vowels. A minimal inventory consists of 11 sound segments. Rotokas: 6 consonants and 5 vowels. The largest known inventory consists of more than 100 sounds.
