Re: Is this a realistic phonology?

>Kristian Jensen wrote:
>> There are many natlangs like this. I know many Tai and
>> Austro-Asiatic languages with FOUR nasals and only two phonemic
>> voiced stops. Thai, Vietnamese, and Cambodian are famous examples.
>
>Really?  Fascinating!  Thanks for the info.  That is certainly bizarre,
>IMHO.

I'm sorry that I ask, and it's possible that there's something here that =
I don't
quite get, but what's bizarre about having more nasals than voiced =
stops?
Swedish has six nasals (bilabial, labiodental, dental, retroflex, =
palatal and velar)
and only four voiced stops (blb, dental, retroflex and velar).

Daniel Andreasson
da@mensa.se
http://dalang.cjb.net