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1) The syllable template is (C)V(C).
1) The syllable template is (C)(C)V(C).


2) Permitted coda consonants are:
2) Permitted coda consonants are:
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3) /dɮ/ may not occur in morpheme-final position.
3) /dɮ/ may not occur in morpheme-final position.


4) Consonant clusters only occur at syllable boundaries within a word.
4) Consonant clusters may not occur at the end of morphemes.


5) The only permitted consonant clusters are:
5) Permitted syllable onset clusters are:


a) /tɬ/ + /p, pʲ, t, tʲ, tʷ, k, kʲ, kʷ/
a) /p, t, k/ + /j/


b) // + /b, bʲ, d, dʲ, dʷ, ɡ, ɡʲ, ɡʷ/
b) /t, k/ + /w/


c) /m, n/ + /p, pʲ, t, tʲ, tʷ, k, kʲ, kʷ/
c) /b, d, ɡ/ + /j/


d) /m, n/ + /b, , d, , , ɡ, ɡʲ, ɡʷ/
d) /d, ɡ/ + /w/
 
e) /tɬ/ + /w/
 
f) /dɮ/ + /w/
 
ɡ) /m, n/ + /j/
 
h) /n/ + /w/
 
i) /l/ + /j/
 
j) /l, ɹ/ + /w/
 
 
5) Permitted consonant boundary clusters are:
 
a) /tɬ/ + /p, t, k/
 
b) /dɮ/ + /b, d, ɡ/
 
c) /m, n/ + /p, t, k/
 
d) /m, n/ + /b, d, ɡ/


e) /m, n/ + /tɬ/
e) /m, n/ + /tɬ/
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f) /m, n/ + /dɮ/
f) /m, n/ + /dɮ/


ɡ) /l, ɹ/ + /p, pʲ, t, tʲ, tʷ, k, kʲ, kʷ/
ɡ) /l, ɹ/ + /p, t, k/


h) /l, ɹ/ + /b, bʲ, d, dʲ, dʷ, ɡ, ɡʲ, ɡʷ/
h) /l, ɹ/ + /b, d, ɡ/


i) /l, ɹ/ + /tɬ/
i) /l, ɹ/ + /tɬ/
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5) There are no diphthonɡs or vowel sequences.
5) There are no diphthonɡs or vowel sequences.


6) All morphemes must consist of well-formed syllables.
6) Hiɡh vowels may not occur after an onset of /ʍ, w, j/.
 
7) All morphemes must consist of well-formed syllables.


7) Nominal and verbal roots must be at least two syllables lonɡ.
8) Nominal and verbal roots must be at least two syllables lonɡ.


8) Suffixes may break the well-formedness syllable constraint and beɡin with a permitted consonant cluster.
8) Suffixes may break the well-formedness syllable constraint and beɡin with a permitted consonant cluster.