I might argue that the language would be better off without homophones altogether; having words that sound the same but mean different things is confusing!
Yes, there typically isn’t an advantage in two particular different words sounding the same. Instead, that is a result of having many words and wanting to keep them short. My point is that as long at they are used in completely different situations (either grammatically or in different topics) is not much of a problem.
I might argue that the language would be better off without homophones altogether; having words that sound the same but mean different things is confusing!
Yes, there typically isn’t an advantage in two particular different words sounding the same. Instead, that is a result of having many words and wanting to keep them short. My point is that as long at they are used in completely different situations (either grammatically or in different topics) is not much of a problem.