Evidence for direct geographic influences on linguistic sounds: the case of ejectives

PLOS One Vol/Iss. 8 Published In Pages: 1-10
By Everett, Caleb

Hypothesis

High elevations will be predictive of ejective phoneme ubiquity in a language cluster.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Fisher’s exact testSupportedp<.001UNKNOWNTwo-tailed

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Ejective Phoneme UbiquityUNKNOWNPhonology
Proximity To High ElevationUNKNOWNLocation, Climate