Again, consider the highlighted sounds.
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | b | t | d | k | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||
| Fricative | f | s | ||||||||
| Central approximant | j | |||||||||
Do the highlighted sounds above form a natural class?
Yes No
Correct! The highlighted sounds above do not form a natural class.
Now, if one of the five sounds highlighted above were removed from the set, the remaining sounds would form a natural class.
Which sound is it?
Correct! The sounds [m], [n], [ɲ], and [ŋ] form the natural class of nasal stops in Efik.
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