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Re: whoops, another question -- pharyngealized consonants anyone?

From:R. Nierse <rnierse@...>
Date:Friday, October 8, 1999, 13:57
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> grammar. Largest alphabet is Khmer with 72 letters (some of which are > archaic), the most common phoneme is /a/ (found in all the world's > languages), and the rarest phones are Czech r-caron ([r] with a [Z] > coloring) and the bilabial click (or 'pop') of some Khoisan language. >
I heared of an Indian language in Brazil that has a linguo-labial stop (put your tongue to your upper lip and release)
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