Степень гортанности в языке: дистрибуция и частотное функционирование гуттуральных (заднеязычных, увулярных, фарингальных и ларингальных) согласных в языках мира

Abstract

The article deals with the distribution and the frequency of occurrence of guttural consonants in 200 world languages. The guttural group of consonants includes all sorts of back consonants: velar, uvular, pharyngeal and laryngeal. The languages of the following taxa over-exploit the guttural consonants: Australian Aboriginal languages, Sino-Tibetan, Caucasian, Afro-Asiatic, Samoyedic, Austronesian, American Indian, and Paleo-Asiatic.