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 **Earlier /ʝ/ and /ç/ (from fricatization of original /i, e/ before other vowels) behaves as an obstruent in this situation, causing a preceding fricative to become a stop. They also become postalveolar after dental stops.
 **The former also applies to /f/ and /v/ from fricatization of original /u/ before a vowel.
-*Assimilation of ''s'' to following consonant in consonant clusters (except word-initially, where metathesis occurs instead).
+*Assimilation of ''s'' to following voiceless consonant in consonant clusters (except word-initially, where metathesis occurs instead).
 **/ç/ (from fricatization of original /i, e/ after /s/ before other vowels) behaves as an obstruent in this situation, becoming a stop /c/. /sc/ then assimilates to /c/ intervocalically, while metathesizing to /kʃ/ initially.
 **/f/ (from fricatization of original /u/ in the above positions) similarly becomes a stop /p/, which merges with /s/ intervocalically and metathesizes to /ps/ initially.
+**Loss of /s/ in /s/ + voiced consonant clusters
 *In obstruent + nasal clusters:
 **Intervocalically: obstruent becomes nasal