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Nasal fricatives are rare to non-existent in the world’s languages. Why?

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2 Nasal fricatives are rare to non-existent in the world’s languages. Why?

3 Solving phonology problems
Allophones or phonemes? Are there minimal or near-minimal pairs? If no, are the sounds in complementary distribution? Look at the data (rearrange if necessary) If the sounds do not occur in the same place, which context is more restrictive? Write the rule.

4 Epenthesis   Vi / Vi C __C #
Iraqi Arabic (Semitic). [x] = voiceless velar fricative /bint/ [binit] ‘daughter’ cf. /binti/ [binti] ‘my daughter’ /kušk/ [kušuk] ‘cabin’ cf. /kuški/ [kuški] ‘my cabin’   Vi / Vi C __C #


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