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*Word-initial vowel are pronounced with a glottal stop. | *Word-initial vowel are pronounced with a glottal stop. | ||
====Consonant clusters==== | ====Consonant clusters==== | ||
As mentioned above, the stem-final consonants of some verbs metathesize upon the addition of an echo vowel between them. In many cases, the metathesized form is actually | As mentioned above, the stem-final consonants of some verbs metathesize upon the addition of an echo vowel between them. In many cases, the "metathesized" form is actually the original form. For example, the verb ''kusli'' "to be fat" originally had the stem ''*kuls'', which was metathesized for ease of pronunciation whenever the -''l''- and ''-s-'' came into contact. | ||
The general order for consonants in a cluster is as below (note that clusters can only occur word-internally and no more than two consonants can cluster at a time): | The general order for consonants in a cluster is as below (note that clusters can only occur word-internally and no more than two consonants can cluster at a time): | ||