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Do all languages have Nasals?
Nasal occlusives are nearly universal in human languages. There are also other kinds of nasal consonants in some languages.
Does Greek have th sound?
Like English (but unlike most languages), Greek had a TH sound. In Greek it was written with the letter theta (Θ θ). In English it is always spelled TH, just as you would imagine. Greek had an F (Φ φ), but (following Roman usage) it is usually transcribed with the spelling PH, as in “philosophy.”
Does German Have th sound?
One of the most difficult parts of pronunciation for my German students is making the TH sound in English. In German, TH is pronounced like T, so having the softer H sound on the end can make pronunciation difficult. Words like “the,” “there,” and “those,” can come out sounding like “duh,” “der,” and “dose.”
Does German Have TH sound?
How many languages do not have the prefix M?
The UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database (UPSID) reports that /m/ is missing from 26 out of 451 languages (this is 5.76\%). Of these, Irish is a cheat, because it has /mˠ/, which is a glottalised /m/.
Why do some languages have no labial stops?
Another language, Aleut, lacks labial stops but has both voiced /m/ and voiceless /hm/ — in itself a rare fact, since languages usually only have nasal consonants if they also have nonnasal consonants at the same place of articulation. So, why do these languages lack labials?
Are there any Native American languages without bilabials?
There is in fact an entire family of languages that lacks bilabials entirely, and this is the Iroquoian family of upstate New York: Onondaga, Seneca, Susquehannock, Cayuga, Oneida and Mohawk.
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