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How ambient humidity, elevation, and institutional standardization shift optimal nasal morphology and dialect sonority to maximize net work W(S).
Optimal Nasal Index
76.0
Mesorrhine · Sopt = 2.00
Vowel/Tone Sonority
0.69
Open resonant vocalism
Boundary Coupling μ
0.962
ΔW penalty: −2.09 vs rigid
| Population / Biome | Humidity | Elevation | Thomson Nasal Index | Sonority Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inuktitut / Arctic | 1.8 g/kg | 0.1 km | 57.5 (Leptorrhine) | 0.24 |
| Quechua / Andean | 3.9 g/kg | 3.6 km | 61.5 (Leptorrhine) | 0.31 |
| French / Temperate Basin | 9.8 g/kg | 0.1 km | 69.5 (Lepto-Meso) | 0.64 |
| Yoruba / Amazonian Equatorial | 18.5 g/kg | 0.2 km | 88.5 (Platyrrhine) | 0.86 |