Answer to Question #210289 in English for YOLO

Question

How many consonants does Iaai have? (1 mark) 2. Compared with Proto-Oceanic, how different is the consonant inventory of Iaai? What do we learn about the evolution of Iaai consonants then? (2 marks) 3. To an Iaai speaker, does it make any difference if another speaker says [ɛ] and [ɛ:], [u] and [u:], [ɔ] and [ɔ:] etc.? Why? Justify your answer. (

Answer 1

1. 37 consonants

2.The Iaai consonant inventory contained voiceless and voiced sonorants which have phonemic status. Iaai has a rich phenomic inventory-37 consonants, ten short vowels, and ten long vowels and the development of these phonemes from Proto-oceanic is quite complex.

3.No. The language includes both short and long vowels.