Re: the poop on voiced uvular stops

Dirk Elzinga wrote:

>As far as voicing goes, then, the most unmarked stop inventory
>would be something like:
>
>                t       k
>        b       d
Hmm.  That might explain why optional voicing of /p/ in Tokana
is more common than optional voicing of /k/.  (Tokana has only
three stops, /p/, /t/, and /k/.  These are usually voiceless and
unaspirated, but they can optionally voice in certain environments,
such as after a nasal or liquid, or intervocalically before an
unstressed vowel.)

Matt.