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Re: VMs: Welsh/Cornish



Jacques Guy wrote:

Piraha (three vowels, seven consonants in the men's speech,
six consonants only in the women's)


Could you expand on this a little? Do women have a different vocabulary in Piraha, or do they replace the "men-only" consonant with a different one? Or do they just have to choose their words carefully? Is it some kind of a tabu?

Bruce


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