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

Sonorant consonant use will more common in warm climate languages than cold climate languages (126).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Comparison of percentagesSupportedp<.001UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
ClimateIndependentClimate
Sonorant ConsonantsDependentSpeech, Vocabulary, Phonology