> It has a massive phonemic inventory, with 44 unique items. Compare with Spanish's 24, or German's 25. I'm not sure where you're getting these numbers from, b

> It has a massive phonemic inventory, with 44 unique items. Compare with Spanish's 24, or German's 25. I'm not sure where you're getting these numbers from, but German has around 45 phonemes according to all sources I could find, depending on how you count: 17 vowels (including two different schwa sounds), 3 diphthongs, 25 consonants.