By using these speech organs, humans can produce hundreds of distinct sounds : some appear very often in the world's languages, whereas others are much more common in certain language families, language areas, or even specific to a single language.
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(A ) any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more of the following body systems : neurological; musculoskeletal; special sense organs; respiratory, including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive, digestive, genito-urinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine; or
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The rest of the consonants were developed through featural derivation from these six, essentially as described in the " Haerye "; a resemblance to speech organs was an additional motivating factor in selecting the shapes of both the basic letters and their derivatives.
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However, to vary the sound quality in a way that can be useful for speaking, two speech organs normally need to come close to each other to contact each other, so as to create an obstruction that shapes the air in a particular fashion.
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Criticisms directed against Esperanto and other early auxiliary languages in the late 19th century included the idea that different races have sufficiently different speech organs that an international language might work locally in Europe, but hardly worldwide, and the prediction that if adopted, such an auxlang would rapidly break up into local dialects.
