Phonological Typology (WALS Chapters 1--19) #
@cite{dryer-haspelmath-2013} @cite{maddieson-2013}
Formalizes the phonological inventory and prosodic typology chapters from the World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS), covering:
Segmental inventory (Ch 1--8, 18--19): Consonant and vowel inventory size, consonant-to-vowel ratio, voicing contrasts, and the presence/absence of specific consonant types (uvulars, glottalized consonants, laterals, the velar nasal, uncommon consonants like clicks and labial-velars).
Vowel features (Ch 10--11): Vowel nasalization contrasts, nasal vowels in West Africa (Ch 10B), and front rounded vowels.
Syllable structure (Ch 12): Simple, moderately complex, or complex.
Prosody (Ch 13--17): Tone systems, fixed vs. free stress location, weight-sensitive stress (Ch 15A), weight factors (Ch 16A), and rhythmic type (trochaic vs. iambic).
The 19 WALS features are captured in a single PhonProfile structure.
Chapters 5, 10B, 15, and 16 are omitted from the profile as they are
sub-classifications of other chapters, but their generated data is
available via converter functions, grounding theorems, and distribution
theorems.
Consonant inventory size (WALS Ch 1).
- small : CInventorySize
- moderatelySmall : CInventorySize
- average : CInventorySize
- moderatelyLarge : CInventorySize
- large : CInventorySize
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqCInventorySize.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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Vowel quality inventory size (WALS Ch 2).
- small : VInventorySize
- average : VInventorySize
- large : VInventorySize
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqVInventorySize.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqCVRatio.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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Voicing contrast in obstruents (WALS Ch 4).
- none : VoicingContrast
- plosivesOnly : VoicingContrast
- fricativesOnly : VoicingContrast
- both : VoicingContrast
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqVoicingContrast.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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Uvular consonant inventory (WALS Ch 6).
- none : UvularPresence
- stopsOnly : UvularPresence
- continuantsOnly : UvularPresence
- stopsAndContinuants : UvularPresence
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqUvularPresence.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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Glottalized consonant types (WALS Ch 7).
- none : GlottalizedType
- ejectivesOnly : GlottalizedType
- implosivesOnly : GlottalizedType
- resonantsOnly : GlottalizedType
- ejectivesAndImplosives : GlottalizedType
- ejectivesAndResonants : GlottalizedType
- implosivesAndResonants : GlottalizedType
- allThree : GlottalizedType
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqGlottalizedType.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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Lateral consonant inventory (WALS Ch 8).
- noLaterals : LateralType
- lOnly : LateralType
- lateralsNoL : LateralType
- lAndObstruent : LateralType
- obstruentOnly : LateralType
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqLateralType.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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Velar nasal status (WALS Ch 9).
- initial : VelarNasalStatus
- noInitial : VelarNasalStatus
- absent : VelarNasalStatus
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqVelarNasalStatus.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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Nasal vowel contrast type in West Africa (WALS Ch 10B). Areal sub-feature of Ch 10A, covering 40 West African languages.
- noContrast : NasalVowelWA
- twoWayNoSpreading : NasalVowelWA
- twoWaySpreading : NasalVowelWA
- fourWayNoSpreading : NasalVowelWA
- fourWaySpreading : NasalVowelWA
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqNasalVowelWA.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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Front rounded vowel inventory (WALS Ch 11).
- none : FrontRounded
- highAndMid : FrontRounded
- highOnly : FrontRounded
- midOnly : FrontRounded
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqFrontRounded.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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Syllable structure complexity (WALS Ch 12).
- simple : SyllableComplexity
- moderatelyComplex : SyllableComplexity
- complex : SyllableComplexity
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqSyllableComplexity.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqToneSystem.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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Fixed stress location (WALS Ch 14).
- noFixed : StressLocation
- initial : StressLocation
- second : StressLocation
- third : StressLocation
- antepenultimate : StressLocation
- penultimate : StressLocation
- ultimate : StressLocation
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqStressLocation.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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Weight-sensitive stress pattern (WALS Ch 15A). Sub-feature of Ch 14A, classifying how stress interacts with syllable weight.
- leftEdge : WeightStress
- leftOriented : WeightStress
- rightEdge : WeightStress
- rightOriented : WeightStress
- unbounded : WeightStress
- combinedRightUnbounded : WeightStress
- notPredictable : WeightStress
- fixedNoWeight : WeightStress
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqWeightStress.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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Weight factor in weight-sensitive stress (WALS Ch 16A). Sub-feature of Ch 14A, classifying what makes a syllable heavy.
- noWeight : WeightFactor
- longVowel : WeightFactor
- codaConsonant : WeightFactor
- longVowelOrCoda : WeightFactor
- prominence : WeightFactor
- lexicalStress : WeightFactor
- combined : WeightFactor
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqWeightFactor.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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Rhythmic type (WALS Ch 17).
- trochaic : RhythmType
- iambic : RhythmType
- dual : RhythmType
- undetermined : RhythmType
- noRhythm : RhythmType
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqRhythmType.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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Missing common consonants (WALS Ch 18).
- allPresent : MissingCommon
- noBilabials : MissingCommon
- noFricatives : MissingCommon
- noNasals : MissingCommon
- noBilabialsOrNasals : MissingCommon
- noFricativesOrNasals : MissingCommon
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqMissingCommon.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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Presence of uncommon consonants (WALS Ch 19).
- none : UncommonPresent
- clicks : UncommonPresent
- labialVelars : UncommonPresent
- pharyngeals : UncommonPresent
- thSounds : UncommonPresent
- clicksPharyngealsAndTh : UncommonPresent
- pharyngealsAndTh : UncommonPresent
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqUncommonPresent.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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A language's phonological inventory and prosodic profile.
Combines 16 WALS features into a single record. Optional fields are used where a language may lack data for that chapter.
- cInventory : CInventorySize
- vInventory : VInventorySize
- cvRatio : CVRatio
- voicing : VoicingContrast
- uvulars : UvularPresence
- glottalized : GlottalizedType
- laterals : LateralType
- velarNasal : Option VelarNasalStatus
- frontRounded : FrontRounded
- syllables : SyllableComplexity
- tone : ToneSystem
- stress : Option StressLocation
- rhythm : Option RhythmType
- missingCommon : MissingCommon
- uncommon : UncommonPresent
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- Phenomena.Phonology.instBEqPhonProfile.beq x✝¹ x✝ = false
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Ch 1: Average-sized consonant inventories are most common.
Ch 2: Average vowel inventories (5--6) are the majority.
Ch 6: The vast majority of languages lack uvular consonants.
Ch 7: Most languages lack glottalized consonants.
Ch 12: Moderately complex syllable structure is most common.
Ch 13: More languages lack tone than have it, but tonal languages are a substantial minority.
Ch 17: Trochaic rhythm is overwhelmingly dominant among languages with rhythmic stress.
Ch 18: The vast majority of languages have all common consonants (bilabials, fricatives, nasals).
Ch 10B: Half of the surveyed West African languages lack nasal vowel contrasts entirely.
Ch 15A: Fixed stress (no weight-sensitivity) is the majority pattern.
Ch 16A: More than half of languages show no syllable-weight effects on stress.