characteristics of Formosan languages...of Austronesian languages it is not surprising that observers have recorded a wide range of speech sounds, including some that are quite rare in the world’s languages. Some Formosan languages have a uvular stop (written q), which is a consonant sound produced by drawing the backmost part of the tongue down to touch the wall of the pharynx. A number of the languages of Borneo and some...
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