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2) Nasals and stops are permitted in coda position.
2) Nasals and stops are permitted in coda position.


3) Consonant clusters may not have more than two segments.
3) Consonant clusters may not have more than two segments.
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4) Consonant clusters may only occur across syllable boundaries.
4) Consonant clusters may only occur across syllable boundaries.


5) Permitted consonant clusters are as per the table below:
5) Geminate consonants clusters may not occur before a closed syllable.
 
6) Permitted consonant clusters are as per the table below:


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b) √ within a cell indicates a potential cluster exists. A blank cell indicates that it does not.
b) √ within a cell indicates a potential cluster exists. A blank cell indicates that it does not.


6) /j/ may not follow a long front vowel.
7) /j/ may not follow a long front vowel.


7) /w/ may not follow a long back vowel.
8) /w/ may not follow a long back vowel.


8) /i/ may not follow /kʲ, j/.
9) /i/ may not follow /kʲ, j/.


9) /u/ may not follow /kʷ, w/.
10) /u/ may not follow /kʷ, w/.


10) A lonɡ vowel may not occur in a closed syllable.
11) A lonɡ vowel may not occur in a closed syllable.


11) Vowel clusters do not occur.
12) Vowel clusters do not occur.


12) All morphemes must consist of properly formed syllables.
13) All morphemes must consist of properly formed syllables.


13) Suffixes may have a morpheme-final allomorph consisting of a single coda consonant.
14) Suffixes may have a morpheme-final allomorph consisting of a single coda consonant.


15) Roots must consist of more than one and no more than three syllables.
15) Roots must consist of more than one and no more than three syllables.