24.1785, Qs: Database of Tonality in Languages

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LINGUIST List: Vol-24-1785. Mon Apr 22 2013. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 24.1785, Qs: Database of Tonality in Languages

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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:23:15
From: Ruku Arona [raro002 at aucklanduni.ac.nz]
Subject: Database of Tonality in Languages

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Is there a database of the tone features in languages around the world?

While WAlS does this, they recognise that their sample of world languages is
not representative, and I would like to be able to take some measurements on
the frequency with which tonal languages occur.

I would also like to know what their consonant and vowel inventories where,
and how they syllabify, if that information was similarly available.
 

Linguistic Field(s): Phonology






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