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Ejective Consonant
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Caucasian Languages
The Caucasus Mountains serve as a hotspot for glottalic consonants. Languages such as Ubykh (now extinct) and Georgian possess extensive inventories of both ejective and implosive stops. In many Kartvelian languages, ejectives contrast phonemically with voiceless aspirated stops, leading to complex phonological systems. For instanc… -
Old Khmer
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Phonology and Orthography
The phonological system of Old Khmer, as reconstructed primarily through comparative linguistics with modern Khmer/) and analysis of Sanskrit / Pali loanword transcriptions, exhibits several features that have subsequently simplified or shifted. A notable feature is the presence of an extensive system of implosive stops, which are entirely absent in contemporary Khmer. These implosives are believ…