A QUANTITATIVE TYPOLOGY OF LANGUAGES.

This paper discusses the necessity for a quantitative investigation of qualitative linguistic facts, mentions several conceptions of typology and deals in detail with the classification into vocalic and consonantal languages. In this paper researchers are concerned with the classification of consonants. They can be classified according to the manner of articulation and according to the place of articulation. According to the manner of articulation, consonants are classified into three groups: plosives and affricates, fricatives, nasals, liquids and semivowels.