Warm climates and sonority classes: not simply more vowels and fewer consonants

Cross-Cultural Research Vol/Iss. 43 Published In Pages: 123-133
By Munroe, Robert L., Fought, John G., Macaulay, Ronald K.S.

Hypothesis

Vowel use will be more common in warm climate languages than cold climate languages (126).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Comparison of percentagesSupportedp<.01UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
ClimateIndependentClimate
Vowel UseDependentSpeech, Vocabulary, Phonology