Re: Constructive Criticism Appreciated

Nik Taylor wrote at 2004-07-10 09:47:25 (-0500)
 > Danny Wier wrote:
 > > Baybe his codculture is sufferig frob a cold epidebic! ;)
 > > Seriously, Rotokas and a few other languages completely lack
 > > nasals, so it's not unreasonable.
 >
 > Yeah, but those are languages with very small phonemic inventories.
 > :-) I'd be very surprised to see a language with *that* large a
 > phonemic inventory lacking nasals.

Not so, not all of them.  Take a look at the Lushootseed inventory in
the link below.  36 consonants, and no nasals.  Granted it's not as
large as William's, but such a large inventory is uncommon in itself.

http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~contrast/beck.pdf