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.

> Again I disagree. Many of those voiced stops in the languages I
> mentioned are sometimes implosives.
Right, but my point is that it seems unlikely that it would be
allophonic in some positions, but phonemic in others.  In other words,
either you'd have *all* stops with implosive allophones, or all
implosives would be phonemic.  I just doubt that it could sometimes be
allophonic and sometimes phonemic.