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13) Long vowels do not occur in closed syllables.
13) Long vowels do not occur in closed syllables.


14) Long vowel do not occur before fricatives.
14) Vowel clusters do not occur.


15) Vowel clusters do not occur.
15) Canonical morpheme syllabification templates:
 
16) Canonical morpheme syllabification templates:


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


17) Monosyllabic roots are rare and mainly comprise pronouns and certain verbs such as na 'to exist'.
16) Monosyllabic roots are rare and mainly comprise pronouns and certain verbs such as na 'to exist'.


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


19) Roots originating through foreign borrowings may exceed two syllables.
18) Roots originating through foreign borrowings may exceed two syllables.


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