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Tonal languages require humidity
Monday, January 26, 2015 12:24
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-01/m-tlr012315.php
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Tonal languages require humidity
Languages with a wide range of tone pitches have primarily developed in regions with high levels of humidity Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Credit: MPI f. Psycholinguistics/ Roberts
This news release is available in German.
The weather impacts not only upon our mood but also our voice. An international research team including scientists from the Max Planck Institutes for Psycholinguistics, Evolutionary Anthropology and Mathematics in the Sciences has analysed the influence of humidity on the evolution of languages.
Source: http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2015/01/tonal-languages-require-humidity.html
