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===Morphophonology===
===Morphophonology===


1) If a two-seɡment consonant cluster results from affixation or compoundinɡ then these consonant clusters are treated as per the table below:
1) Consonant clusters resulting from are treated as per the table below:


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c) Vː indicates precedinɡ vowel is lenɡthened
c) Vː indicates precedinɡ vowel is lenɡthened


2) If a three-segment consonant cluster results from affixation then the first consonant of the cluster is deleted.
2) If a vowel cluster results from affixation then the following occurs:
 
3) If a vowel cluster results from affixation then the following occurs:


a) if the first vowel in the cluster is short then an epenthetic /n/ is inserted after the first vowel in the cluster.
a) if the first vowel in the cluster is short then an epenthetic /n/ is inserted after the first vowel in the cluster.
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c) If the first vowel in the cluster is a long back vowel then the first vowel is shortened and an epenthetic /w/ is inserted after it.
c) If the first vowel in the cluster is a long back vowel then the first vowel is shortened and an epenthetic /w/ is inserted after it.


4) If through suffixation a long vowel should precede a coda consonant or a consonant cluster then it is reduced to its corresponding short vowel.
3) If through suffixation a long vowel should precede a coda consonant or a consonant cluster then it is reduced to its corresponding short vowel.


5) If through affixation /j/ should follow a front long vowel then that front long vowel is reduced to its corresponding short vowel.
4) If through affixation /j/ should follow a front long vowel then that front long vowel is reduced to its corresponding short vowel.


6) If through affixation /w/ should follow a long back vowel then that long back vowel is reduced to its corresponding short vowel.
5) If through affixation /w/ should follow a long back vowel then that long back vowel is reduced to its corresponding short vowel.


==Morphology==
==Morphology==