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1. Uvular Stop

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   Uvular stops are notably prevalent in languages that utilize a relatively small inventory of vowels, such as many languages of the Caucasus, the Pacific Northwest, and certain branches of the Afro-Asiatic phylum.
   The geographic distribution suggests a correlation between the frequency of uvular articulation and the average ambient humidity of the speech community's ancestral homeland. Low-humidity environments appear to favor more …