Argument: it might be hard to hear the difference, especially with very similar sounds--like, in your example, gahp and kahp, because g and k are the same, except that one is voiced and the other unvoiced. It could be inconvenient to hear three when they said four and vice versa.
As for alphabetical order, I don't know, but in natural languages, it's probably more linguistic evolution than anything else.
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Date: 2011-12-06 05:51 pm (UTC)As for alphabetical order, I don't know, but in natural languages, it's probably more linguistic evolution than anything else.