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= Phonology = | = Phonology & Orthography = | ||
== Vowels == | == Vowels == | ||
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Older texts may be found using the ''punctum delens'' (a dot above or below a letter) to mark voiceless forms of consonants other than stops or fricatives. | Older texts may be found using the ''punctum delens'' (a dot above or below a letter) to mark voiceless forms of consonants other than stops or fricatives. | ||
== Syllable Structure == | |||
All words consist of alternating consonants and vowels (in other words, all syllables are open, except the final syllable in a word, which may be closed). There are two exceptions: | |||
* A homorganic nasal may occur before a stop intervocalically | |||
* Two (but no more than two) vowels may occur in sequence with no (apparent) consonant separating them | |||
There are complex sandhi rules to prevent grammatically-caused, otherwise-illegal vowel and consonant clusters. | |||