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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: | 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 | * A voiced homorganic nasal may occur before a stop intervocalically. In the case of the velar nasal, when it does so, it is written simply <n>. | ||
* Two (but no more than two) vowels may occur in sequence with no (apparent) consonant separating them | * 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. | There are complex sandhi rules to prevent grammatically-caused, otherwise-illegal vowel and consonant clusters. | ||
=== Examples === | |||
Valid word shapes include: | |||
* a | |||
* ack | |||
* apa | |||
* ti | |||
* toeb | |||
* dinka | |||