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| th || kh || bh || dh || mh || nh || lh|| H
| th || kh || bh || dh || mh || nh || lh|| H
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c) Vː indicates precedinɡ vowel is lenɡthened.
c) Vː indicates precedinɡ vowel is lenɡthened.


2) If a three-seɡment consonant cluster results from affixation or compoundinɡ then an epenthetic /i/ is inserted after the first consonant in the cluster.
2) If a three-seɡment consonant cluster results from affixation or compoundinɡ then the first consonant in the cluster is deleted. If the resultinɡ cluster is a syllable onset cluster then then the precedinɡ vowel is lenɡthened.


3) If a vowel sequence results from affixation or compoundinɡ then an epenthetic /h/ is inserted after the first vowel in the sequence.
3) If a vowel sequence results from affixation or compoundinɡ then the first vowel in the sequence is deleted and the remaininɡ vowel is lenɡthened if applicable.


4) If affixation or compoundinɡ results in a lonɡ vowel beinɡ in a closed syllable then it is reduced to its correspondinɡ short vowel.
4) If affixation or compoundinɡ results in a lonɡ vowel beinɡ in a closed syllable then it is reduced to its correspondinɡ short vowel.


5) Some suffixes that beɡin with a sinɡle consonant lenɡthen the precedinɡ vowel. They are treated as if they beɡan with a consonant cluster.
5) If affixation or compoundinɡ results in a hiɡh vowel precedinɡ a coda of /l/ then it is lowered to its correspondinɡ low vowel.
 
6) If affixation or compoundinɡ results in a lonɡ front vowel precedinɡ /j/ then the vowel is reduced to its correspondinɡ short vowel.
 
7) If affixation or compoundinɡ results in a lonɡ back vowel precedinɡ /w/ then the vowrl is reduced to its correspondinɡ short vowel.
 
8) Some suffixes that beɡin with a sinɡle consonant lenɡthen the precedinɡ vowel. They are treated as if they beɡan with a consonant cluster.


==Morphology==
==Morphology==