2012/9/26 Risto Kupsala
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25.9.2012 23:41, Leonardo Castro wrote:
Thank you. Eliminating consonant voicing contrast would be harmful
for word recognition/mnemonicity,
Yes, but Toki Pona, a conlang with the alleged striking number of
"at least three fluent speakers",
has only nine unvoiced* consonants
(/p, t, k, s, m, n, l, j, w/).
*: with no voicing contrast, to be more precise.
http://tokipona.net/tp/janpije/lesson/lesson1.html