Re: uvular R

I just don't know, though I wouldn't be surprised if the distribution
were areally skewed. Note the spread of uvular [R] in Europe, the
wide distribution of two-rhotic systems in Australia, or the Iberian
r : rr contrast.

Piotr

--- In cybalist@..., "João S. Lopes Filho" <jodan99@...> wrote:
> Is there any significant geographical distribuition? Or is the
distribuition of these "rhotophobic" languages alleatory?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Piotr Gasiorowski
> To: cybalist@...
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 2:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: uvular R
>
>
> In Maddieson's (1984) fairly representative database of 317
languages, 74 (23.3%) have no phonemes classified as rhotic.
>
> Piotr