Vowel Harmony: Results
Unconditioned Harmony
Turkic Backness Harmony
| corpus | wds | vwls (f/n/b) | mean s | h-thresh | %h | h-index | h-thresh(2) | %h(2) | comment |
| kyrgyz [txt] |
3429 |
ieOU/-/Iaou |
3.34 |
22.84 |
82.04 |
59.20 |
51.99 | 87.14 |
posted 18-may-04[et] |
| tuvan [lex] |
3119 |
ieOU/-/Iaou |
2.62 |
37.31 |
93.56 |
56.25 |
53.41 |
95.42 |
posted 18-may-04[et] |
| turkmen [txt] |
7096 |
AieOU/-/aouI |
2.69 |
31.19 |
82.84 |
51.65 |
50.08 |
87.82 |
posted 18-may-04[et] |
| turkmen-mark [txt] |
8641 |
AieOU/-/aouI |
2.77 |
29.42 |
91.83 |
62.41 |
49.79 |
92.82 |
posted 27-jul-04[ls] |
| turkish [lex] |
23501 |
ieOU/-/Iaou |
2.73 |
30.76 |
61.68 |
30.92 |
50.43 |
72.79 |
updated 18-may-04[et] |
| turkish-gospels [txt] |
17444 |
ieOU/-/Iaou |
2.90 |
26.25 |
58.43 |
32.19 |
48.75 |
71.08 |
posted 27-jul-04[ls] |
| turkish-news [txt] |
3113 |
ieOU/-/Iaou |
3.14 |
22.91 |
76.65 |
53.74 |
49.87 |
81.63 |
posted 27-jul-04[ls] |
| karakalpak [txt] |
8363 |
ieOUA/-/aouI |
2.60 |
36.90 |
85.16 |
48.26 |
52.81 |
88.56 |
updated 13-jul-04[ls] |
| kyrgyz-friend [txt] |
6637 |
ieOU/-/Iaou |
2.67 |
35.68 |
91.53 |
55.85 |
53.08 |
92.60 |
posted 23-jun-04[ls] |
| uzbek-children [txt] |
18804 |
ieO/uao |
2.71 |
31.26 |
36.95 |
5.69 |
50.57 |
53.93 |
updated 27-jul-04[ls] |
| uzbek-children [txt] |
18804 |
ie/uaoO |
2.71 |
32.41 |
36.53 |
4.12 |
51.65 |
54.37 |
updated 27-jul-04[ls] |
| azeri-mark [txt] |
8717 |
ieOUA/-/aouI |
2.78 |
28.98 |
85.21 |
56.24 |
49.92 |
86.16 |
updated 27-jul-04[ls] |
| tuvan-mark [txt] |
10777 |
ieOU/-/aoIu |
2.49 |
33.76 |
90.39 |
56.62 |
52.62 |
94.93 |
posted 30-jun-04[ls] |
| old_turkic-ay [txt] |
7142 |
AiUeO/-/uIao |
2.65 |
31.97 |
95.55 |
63.58 |
50.05 |
96.58 |
posted 15-jul-04[ls] |
| old_turkic-sog [txt] |
843 |
AiUeO/-/uIao |
2.50 |
35.68 |
94.42 |
58.74 |
50.27 |
96.68 |
posted 23-jul-04[ls] |
| old_turkic-man [txt] |
1437 |
AiUeO/-/uIao |
2.52 |
34.77 |
97.08 |
62.31 |
49.98 |
97.77 |
posted 23-jul-04[ls] |
| old_turkic-ib [txt] |
1004 |
AiUeO/-/uIao |
2.45 |
37.03 |
99.10 |
62.08 |
50.35 |
99.30 |
posted 23-jul-04[ls] |
| xakas-web [lex] |
6770 |
ieOUAVQ/-/aouI |
2.05 |
38.15 |
95.41 |
57.26 |
50.26 |
97.25 |
posted 29-jul-04[ls] |
Uralic Harmony (unconditioned harmony with neutral vowels)
| corpus | wds | vwls (f/n/b) | mean s | h-thresh | %h | h-index | h-thresh(2) | %h(2) | comment |
| finnish [txt] |
5643 |
OAU/ie/aou |
3.43 |
69.77 |
93.67 |
23.90 |
87.10 |
99.20 |
updated 18-may-04[et] |
| votic-web [lex] |
1251 |
Ae/i/oucaI |
2.41 |
62.93 |
90.62 |
29.68 |
71.92 |
95.62 |
updated 27-jul-04[ls] |
| ingrian-text [txt] |
8838 |
UOA/ie/oua |
2.44 |
75.99 |
98.51 |
22.53 |
84.01 |
99.67 |
updated 29-jun-04[ls] |
| ingrian-text [txt] |
8838 |
UOAie/-/oua |
2.44 |
38.08 |
63.27 |
25.19 |
50.45 |
69.37 |
posted 30-jun-04[ls] |
| ingrian-text [txt] |
8838 |
UOAe/i/oua |
2.44 |
55.28 |
82.48 |
27.20 |
67.79 |
87.73 |
posted 27-jul-04[ls] |
| finnish-gospels [txt] |
20004 |
UOA/ie/aou |
2.79 |
69.42 |
99.04 |
29.61 |
85.65 |
99.88 |
posted 13-jul-04[ls] |
| estonian-prvbs [txt] |
57311 |
UOA/ie/ocua |
2.35 |
84.92 |
90.09 |
5.16 |
88.13 |
92.66 |
posted 27-jul-04[ls] |
Bantu Hieght Harmony
| corpus | wds | vwls (h/n/nh) | mean s | h-thresh | %h | h-index | h-thresh(2) | %h(2) | comment |
| swahili-head [lex] |
59619 |
iu/a/eo |
2.98 |
64.98 |
79.26 |
14.29 |
82.83 |
89.37 |
posted 7-jul-04[ls] |
| swahili-noun [lex] |
35841 |
iu/a/eo |
3.00 |
59.35 |
71.18 |
11.82 |
80.36 |
85.93 |
posted 7-jul-04[ls] |
| swahili-verb [lex] |
17552 |
iu/a/eo |
3.00 |
74.31 |
95.11 |
20.80 |
86.46 |
96.70 |
posted 7-jul-04[ls] |
| swahili-head-p [lex] |
59019 |
iu/a/eo |
2.93 |
65.60 |
79.55 |
13.95 |
82.76 |
89.61 |
posted 8-jul-04[ls] |
| swahili-noun-p [lex] |
35452 |
iu/a/eo |
2.93 |
60.34 |
71.69 |
11.34 |
80.38 |
86.39 |
posted 8-jul-04[ls] |
| swahili-news [txt] |
75456 |
iu/a/eo |
3.14 |
67.92 |
71.48 |
3.56 |
88.27 |
85.03 |
posted 7-jul-04[ls] |
| zulu-1 [txt] |
4347 |
iu/a/eo |
3.63 |
35.02 |
42.65 |
7.63 |
70.44 |
65.36 |
posted 8-jul-04[ls] |
Non-Harmonic Languages
| corpus | wds | vwls (f/n/b) | mean s | h-thresh | %h | h-index | h-thresh(2) | %h(2) | comment |
| spanish [txt] |
2749 |
ie/-/aou |
2.90 |
32.00 |
35.39 |
3.39 |
52.81 |
51.95 |
updated 18-may-04[et] |
| japanese-pop [txt] |
12953 |
ie/-/aou |
2.94 |
30.54 |
33.84 |
3.30 |
53.79 |
54.88 |
updated 1-jul-04[ls] |
| japanese-pop [txt] |
12953 |
iu/a/eo[ht] |
2.94 |
51.77 |
57.69 |
5.92 |
74.82 |
77.80 |
updated 8-jul-04[ls] |
| indonesian-gspls [txt] |
13435 |
iu/a/eo[ht] |
2.67 |
73.65 |
76.33 |
2.68 |
83.17 |
85.11 |
updated 13-jul-04[ls] |
Conditioned Harmony
Turkic Rounding Harmony
Legend:
- corpus: unique corpus ID
- wds: number of polysyllabic words
- vwls (f/n/b): front, neutral and back vowels
- [vwls (h/n/nh): front, neutral and back vowels]
- mean s: mean number of syllables for polysyllabic words
- h-thresh: harmony threshold
- %h: percentage of harmonic words
- h-index: harmony index (%h - h-thresh)
- h-thresh(2): harmony threshold for first two syllables only
- h%(2): percentage of words harmonic in first two syallablles
- comment: date posted [by whom]