Consonant Typology Exercise Answers

1. Not newsworthy
2. Impossible. No stops.
3. Impossible. Voiced obstruents but no voiceless obstruents
4. Marked. No nasals.
5. Marked. The ONLY nasal is ng, not n.
6. Marked. The only fricative is ð, not s.
7. Not newsworthy.
8. Impossible. Affricates but no fricatives.
9. Not newsworthy. Voiceless obstruents only. Cf. Ainu.