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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Corpora colleagues, I have computed the
sentences from the works of Richard Rhodes of the University of Michigan
(<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>Some aspect of Ojibwa discourse; Metaphor
and extention in Ojibwa; Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary). The results
of the calculating of the frequency of occurrence of the Ojibwa labial
consonants in the speech sound chain show a great value = 17.14%. Actually,
it is more than in the other American Indian languages that I calculated.In
fact, it is much greater than in the other American INdian languages which I
computed. Compare the frequency of occurrences of labial consonants in percent
to all the phonemes in the speech chain:<FONT size=5>
<P>1. Iquito 4.83% </P>
<P>2. Piratapuyo 6.56% </P>
<P>3. Mam 7.33%</P>
<P>4. Totonac 7.38% </P>
<P>5. Kadiweu 7.74%</P>
<P>6. Capanahua 8.04% </P>
<P>7. Quawasquar 9.05%</P>
<P>8. Secoya 9.29%</P>
<P>9. Inga 9.89%</P>
<P>10. Cofan 10.02% </P>
<P>11. Pocomchi 10.83% </P>
<P>12. Quechua 11.40%</P>
<P>13. Nahuatl 11.73%</P>
<P>14. Siriano 11.18%</P>
<P>15. Sayula popoluca 12.34% </P>
<P>16. Kajwa 12.75%</P>
<P>17. Guarani 12.92%</P>
<P>18. Guambiano 14.50% </P>
<P>19. Sweet Grass Cree 15.15% </P>
<P>20. Ojibwa 17.14%</P>
<P>21. Apinaye 17.40%</P>
<P>_______________________________</P></FONT> </FONT> <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=4>I wonder if you could share your ideas and
comments about the use of labial consonants in these American Indian languages.
I guess it may be interesting for some linguistic journal. Could you advise me
where I can send my article on the use of labials? Could you please send me the
e-mail addresses of the editors of these journals? Looking forward to heaing
from you soon to my new email addtess <A
href="mailto:yutamb@mail.ru">yutamb@mail.ru</A> Remain yours sincerely
Yuri Tambovtsev, Novosibirsk Pedagogical University, Novosibirsk,
Russia</FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>