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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
In clusters of two obstruents, two nasals, or a cluster consisting of a nasal and a obstruent, the frontest place of articulation becomes the click's front POA. With homorganic clusters this occurs only for obstruent+nasal clusters. | In clusters of two obstruents, two nasals, or a cluster consisting of a nasal and a obstruent, the frontest place of articulation becomes the click's front POA. (change this? this rule makes too many bilabial clicks) With homorganic clusters this occurs only for obstruent+nasal clusters. | ||
Primitive !Zoom -k becomes click mutation; PZ -ŋ becomes nasal mutation/eclipsis; PZ -h becomes h-prothesis. | Primitive !Zoom -k becomes click mutation; PZ -ŋ becomes nasal mutation/eclipsis; PZ -h becomes h-prothesis. | ||