Word initial consonant lengthening in 51 DoReCo languages

The first study using all 51 DoReCo languages, by Frederic Blum et al., was just published in Nature Human Behaviour at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01988-4. It shows that word-initial consonants tend to be slightly lengthened – probably to support identification of word boundaries in the continuous stream of speech. It also once again shows the importance of taking diverse languages into account when for studying human language and speech. Thanks again to all DoReCo contributors for making this possible!