To Say That Rotokas, a Language in New Guinea, Has

question 39

Multiple Choice

To say that Rotokas, a language in New Guinea, has only 11 phonemes is saying that

• A)people who speak the language probably cannot communicate very efficiently with each other.
• B)the language is similar to English or Spanish.
• C)this is how many active sounds are used in the language.
• D)this language's vocabulary is not very developed.

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