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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Corpora colleagues, actually. we have computed
the 168th world language. I have found the book by Harry Hoijer "Tonkawa Texts".
University of California, 1972. I wonder if these Tonkawa texts were computed to
receive the frequency of occurrence of phonemes. Where can I get the data
on the frequency of occurrence of Tonkawa phonemes? Were the data published? Who
studies Tonkawa now? To what subgroup, group and family does Tonkawa of Texas
belong? It has only 3 labial phonemes according to Harry Hoijer. I wonder if the
frequency of Tonkawa labials in the text is very low because of that? Anyway, I
wonder if I should compute the Tonkawa texts in order to measure the sound
picture of the Tonkawa language. After receiving the sound picture of Tonkawa it
is possible to compare it to the sound picture of Siberian languages to find out
if Tonkawa sound typology is similar. Since the American Indian peoples came to
Americas through the former Bering ice bridge, it is quite possible to find
out the remaining typological characteristics in the sound pictures of some
AmerIndian languages and those of Siberia. This is our goal. Looking
forward to your comments to <A href="mailto:yutamb@mail.ru">yutamb@mail.ru</A>
Remain yours sincerely Yuri Tambovtsev </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>