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Most of the consonants present may appear in a long and short form: po''m''íba 'my apple [acc.]' vs. po''mm''idön 'to eat an apple'. The ratio of length between a short and a long consonant is 1:2. Lenghened plosives are lengthened by holding the air for a longer period of time before release. The consonants which appear only as weak grades of lenited consonants [''β'', ''ð'', ''ɣ'', ''ʋ''] do not have a lengthened counterpart since they do not appear in basic stems, prefixes or suffixes. | |||
===Lenition=== | ===Lenition=== | ||