Dear Corpora colleagues, I have computed the sentences from the works of Richard Rhodes of the University of Michigan (Some aspect of Ojibwa discourse; Metaphor and extention in Ojibwa; Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary). The results of the calculating of the frequency of occurrence of the Ojibwa labial consonants in the speech sound chain show a great value = 17.14%. Actually, it is more than in the other American Indian languages that I calculated.In fact, it is much greater than in the other American INdian languages which I computed. Compare the frequency of occurrences of labial consonants in percent to all the phonemes in the speech chain:
1. Iquito 4.83%
2. Piratapuyo 6.56%
3. Mam 7.33%
4. Totonac 7.38%
5. Kadiweu 7.74%
6. Capanahua 8.04%
7. Quawasquar 9.05%
8. Secoya 9.29%
9. Inga 9.89%
10. Cofan 10.02%
11. Pocomchi 10.83%
12. Quechua 11.40%
13. Nahuatl 11.73%
14. Siriano 11.18%
15. Sayula popoluca 12.34%
16. Kajwa 12.75%
17. Guarani 12.92%
18. Guambiano 14.50%
19. Sweet Grass Cree 15.15%
20. Ojibwa 17.14%
21. Apinaye 17.40%
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I wonder if you could share your ideas and comments about the use of labial consonants in these American Indian languages. I guess it may be interesting for some linguistic journal. Could you advise me where I can send my article on the use of labials? Could you please send me the e-mail addresses of the editors of these journals? Looking forward to heaing from you soon to my new email addtess yutamb@mail.ru Remain yours sincerely Yuri Tambovtsev, Novosibirsk Pedagogical University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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