The prevalence of trilled /r/ for 'rough' vs 'smooth' (IMAGE)

University of Birmingham

The prevalence of trilled /r/ for 'rough' vs 'smooth'

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The prevalence of trilled /r/ for 'rough' vs 'smooth' in 112 languages from 25 unrelated families. The paper reports 4 studies of a larger range of languages and a larger range of words, including from the Americas, where trilled /r/ is rare and the pattern consequently absent. This simplified map combines Figure 2 and Fig 4A from the paper.

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