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==Reflexes== | ==Reflexes== | ||
===Initials=== | ===Initials=== | ||
==== | === Hlou === | ||
==== Initials ==== | |||
Initial clusters (not every cluster may be allowed) | Initial clusters (not every cluster may be allowed) | ||
*ḱ ǵ ś > tx dx x | *ḱ ǵ ś > tx dx x | ||
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-k > glottal stop final | -k > glottal stop final | ||
==== Tones ==== | |||
Tone split from voiceless initial/voiced initial? | |||
{|class="bluetable lightbluebg" | |||
! Tone class | |||
! Voiceless initial (5/8) | |||
! Voiced initial (3/8) | |||
|- | |||
! A (10/27) | |||
| ''-b'' (23%) | |||
| ''-0'' (14%) | |||
|- | |||
! B (5/27) | |||
| ''-n'' (12%) | |||
| ''-s'' (6.9%) | |||
|- | |||
! C (5/27) | |||
| ''-s'' (12%) | |||
| ''-g'' (6.9%) | |||
|- | |||
! D (4/27) | |||
| ''-ß'' (9.3%) | |||
| ''-d'' (5.6%) | |||
|- | |||
! E (3/27) | |||
| ''-hn'' (6.9%) | |||
| ''-h'' (4.2%) | |||
|} | |||
Among non-E syllables the distribution is: | |||
b (23%) > s (19%) > 0 (14%) > n (12%) > ß (9.3%) > g (6.9%) > d (5.6%) | |||
====Shum==== | ====Shum==== |