Re: Underused phonemes

Quoting John Vertical <johnvertical@...>:

> >It occurred to me yesterday that I don't know of any conlangs that have [W]
> >as a phoneme. I was wondering what other sounds people might think worthy
> >of more exposure.
> >
> >Pete
>
> As far as POAs are concerned, I haven't seen much linguolabials or
> epiglottals around. The same goes for the few natlang-unattested POAs from
> the extIPA (dentolabials, labioalveolars, bidentals) but that doesn't really
> surprize me. (I recall seeing 1 conlang with some bidentals, which is
> probably statistically enuff.)
Yargish has dentilabials (but no labiodentals, so no contrast).

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> I don't think
> I've either seen anyone use flaps or taps besides /4/ - surprizingly not
> even /l\/, let alone other POAs.
My Dwarvish language, currently on hold, contrasts alveolar and retroflex taps.

It also has alveolar, retroflex, palatal, and velar laterals and lateral
affricates. Except for the alveolars, these sounds do not seem to get proper
exercise.

                                                  Andreas

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