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Knasesj: Phonology: Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives: In fricatives alone

Knasesj is unusual in that its plosives, fricatives, and affricates all make different distinctions. The two affricates are both voiceless, the fricatives have a voicing contrast, and the plosives contrast plain vs. ejective. The plain stops are most often realized as voiced, but the WALS page mentions that Tsou has /p t k ɓ ɗ/ and that this does not count as a voicing distinction in plosives for the chapter, so I treated Knasesj the same.