|Question 4Verbal

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The inventories of consonant sounds among the Polynesian languages of the Pacific tend toward the ______: Sikaiana in the South Pacific has a total of nine consonants, and 'Olelo Hawai'i, the language of the Native Hawaiian people, has one fewer, while the global median per language is over twenty-two.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
minimal
A
static
B
replicable
C
melodic
D