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13) Long vowels do not occur in closed syllables. | 13) Long vowels do not occur in closed syllables. | ||
14) | 14) Vowel clusters do not occur. | ||
15 | 15) 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) | ||
16) Monosyllabic roots are rare and mainly comprise pronouns and certain verbs such as na 'to exist'. | |||
17) Monosyllabic suffixes may have a word-final allomorph consisting of a single coda consonant which is employed after a short vowel. | |||
18) Roots originating through foreign borrowings may exceed two syllables. | |||
===Morphophonemics=== | ===Morphophonemics=== | ||