I have noticed that two sounds, 'm' and 'n' - which incidentally comes one after the other in the English alphabet - are associated with similar ideas in many languages.
Distinct sound (phoneme) of 'm' appears in 'mother' in most languages. Basic sound of 'n' appears in 'no' in many languages. Notable exception for the 'n' sound in 'no' are of course some South Indian languages like, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam.
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Interesting observation
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