Of the six stops that would be expected from the most common pattern worldwide—that is, three places of articulation plus voicing ()— and are the most frequently missing, being absent in about 10% of languages that otherwise have this pattern.
Od šest ploziva koji su najčešći u svijetu, tj. tri mjesta tvorbe i zvučnost (), najčešće nedostaju i ; to je stanje u oko 10% jezika koji inače imaju ovaj uzorak.