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Which phonological feature is widespread across Australian Indigenous languages regarding stop consonants (p/b, t/d, k/g)?

Voicing is generally non-phonemic, meaning voiced and voiceless stops are allophones of the same sound. Languages strictly contrast voiced and voiceless stops to create distinct word meanings. Glottal stops are the primary contrastive consonants in every word initial position. Fricatives such as /f/ and /v/ outnumber stop consonants in traditional phonemic inventories.

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Voicing is generally non-phonemic, meaning voiced and voiceless stops are allophones of the same sound.

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