Functional load
A way of measuring how important the contrast between two sounds is in a language.
If there are many minimal pairs with two sounds, the contrast between those sounds
has a high functional load. If there are few minimal pairs with those two sounds, then
the contrast has a low functional load. It’s usually more useful to teach contrasts with
a high functional load than those with a low functional load.
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