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2) Stops, nasals and /l/ are the permitted syllable coda consonants.
2) Stops, nasals and /l/ are the permitted syllable coda consonants.


3) Consonant clusters may not have more than two segments.
3) Stops may not occur in the onset of a non-morpheme-initial closed syllable.


4) Consonant clusters only occur at syllable boundaries within the word.
4) Stops may not occur in the onset of a non-morpheme-initial syllable which contains a long vowel.


5) Permitted consonant clusters as per the table below:
5) Consonant clusters may not have more than two segments.
 
6) Consonant clusters only occur at syllable boundaries within the word.
 
7) Permitted consonant clusters as per the table below:


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c) √ in a cell means the indicated consonant cluster is permitted.
c) √ in a cell means the indicated consonant cluster is permitted.


6) /i, eɪ/ may not follow /j/.
8) /i, eɪ/ may not follow /j/.


7) /u, oʊ/ may not follow /w/.
9) /u, oʊ/ may not follow /w/.


8) /eɪ, aɪ/ may not precede /j/.
10) /eɪ, aɪ/ may not precede /j/.


9) /oʊ, aʊ/ may not precede /w/.
11) /oʊ, aʊ/ may not precede /w/.


10) Long vowels may not occur in closed syllables.
12) Long vowels may not occur in closed syllables.


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


12) Canonical morpheme syllable templates:
14) Canonical morpheme syllable templates:


a) Roots: -(C)(C)V(C)- or -(C)V(C)CV(C)-
a) Roots: -(C)(C)V(C)- or -(C)V(C)CV(C)-
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d) Particles: (C)V(C) or (C)V(C)CV(C)
d) Particles: (C)V(C) or (C)V(C)CV(C)


13) Monosyllabic roots are rare and mainly comprise pronouns and certain verbs such as the copula 'kwe' or the negative verb 'wa'.
15) Monosyllabic roots are rare and mainly comprise pronouns and certain verbs such as the copula 'kwe' or the negative verb 'wa'.


14) Monosyllabic suffixes may have a word-final allomorph consisting of a single coda consonant which is employed after a short vowel.
16) Monosyllabic suffixes may have a word-final allomorph consisting of a single coda consonant which is employed after a short vowel.


15) Roots originating through foreign borrowings may exceed two syllables.
17) Roots originating through foreign borrowings may exceed two syllables.


===Morphophonemics===
===Morphophonemics===