Language Typology

  1. Phonological Typology
    1. Consonant Systems
      1. Consonant Inventories
        1. Small Inventories
          1. Large Inventories
            1. Average Inventory Size
            2. Place of Articulation
              1. Labial Consonants
                1. Coronal Consonants
                  1. Dorsal Consonants
                    1. Laryngeal Consonants
                      1. Rare Places of Articulation
                      2. Manner of Articulation
                        1. Stops
                          1. Fricatives
                            1. Nasals
                              1. Liquids
                                1. Glides
                                2. Phonation Types
                                  1. Voicing Distinctions
                                    1. Aspiration
                                      1. Ejectives
                                        1. Implosives
                                          1. Creaky Voice
                                        2. Vowel Systems
                                          1. Vowel Inventories
                                            1. Minimal Vowel Systems
                                              1. Large Vowel Systems
                                                1. Vowel System Symmetry
                                                2. Vowel Quality Dimensions
                                                  1. Height Distinctions
                                                    1. Backness Distinctions
                                                      1. Rounding Distinctions
                                                        1. Central Vowels
                                                        2. Vowel Length
                                                          1. Short versus Long Vowels
                                                            1. Multiple Length Distinctions
                                                            2. Vowel Nasalization
                                                              1. Nasal Vowel Systems
                                                                1. Nasalization Processes
                                                              2. Syllable Structure
                                                                1. Basic Syllable Types
                                                                  1. CV Syllables
                                                                    1. CVC Syllables
                                                                      1. V Syllables
                                                                        1. Complex Syllables
                                                                        2. Onset Structure
                                                                          1. Simple Onsets
                                                                            1. Complex Onsets
                                                                              1. Onset Constraints
                                                                              2. Coda Structure
                                                                                1. Simple Codas
                                                                                  1. Complex Codas
                                                                                    1. Coda Constraints
                                                                                    2. Syllable Complexity Patterns
                                                                                      1. Minimal Syllable Structure
                                                                                        1. Maximal Syllable Structure
                                                                                          1. Cross-Linguistic Tendencies
                                                                                        2. Prosodic Systems
                                                                                          1. Tone Systems
                                                                                            1. Level Tone Systems
                                                                                              1. Contour Tone Systems
                                                                                                1. Tone Terracing
                                                                                                  1. Tone Sandhi
                                                                                                  2. Stress Systems
                                                                                                    1. Fixed Stress
                                                                                                      1. Predictable Stress
                                                                                                        1. Lexical Stress
                                                                                                          1. Stress and Vowel Reduction
                                                                                                          2. Pitch Accent Systems
                                                                                                            1. Pitch Accent Properties
                                                                                                              1. Pitch Accent Languages
                                                                                                              2. Intonation Systems
                                                                                                                1. Question Intonation
                                                                                                                  1. Statement Intonation
                                                                                                                    1. Focus Marking

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                                                                                                                4. Syntactic Typology

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                                                                                                                6. Semantic and Lexical Typology