Re: Is this a realistic phonology?
From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
Date: | Sunday, March 7, 1999, 21:48 |
Daniel Andreasson wrote:
> 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).
Well, only that, up to this point, I didn't realize that there *were*
langs with more nasals than stops.