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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Corpora colleagues, I have computed
several Turkic languages (among them Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Bashkir, Jakut,
Shor, Altaj-Kizhi, Azeri, Tuvinian, etc.). I discovered that by the Chi-squire
criterion the sonorant consonants occur at the end of the word (Auslaut) more
than at the beginning of the word (Anlaut). It is usually several times greater.
I wonder if it is the same in other world languages? I mean if the tendency of
the greater occurence of sonorants at the end of the word is usual for other
language families. I plan to verify it on the texts of the Tungus-Manchurian,
Paleo-Asiatic, Indo-European, Finno-Ugric, Samoyedic and Finno-Ugric
language families. I am writing an article on the use of the sonorant consonants
at the beginning and end of the word in Turkic and the other languages. please,
advise me in what journal I may get it published. Looking to hearing from you to
<A href="mailto:yutamb@hotmail.com">yutamb@hotmail.com</A> Remain yours
sincerely Yuri Tambovtsev <A
href="mailto:yutamb@hotmail.com">yutamb@hotmail.com</A>
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