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8) Consonant clusters are coda consonant + onset consonant in terms of syllabification.
8) Consonant clusters are coda consonant + onset consonant in terms of syllabification.


9) /i, eɪ/ may not follow /kxʲ, xʲ, j/.
9) /i/ may not follow /j/.


10) /u, oʊ/ may not follow /kxʷ, xʷ, w/.
10) /u/ may not follow /w/.


11) Within a morpheme, long vowels may not precede affricates, /xʲ, xʷ/, liquids or semivowels.
11) Vowel clusters do not occur.


12) Long vowels do not occur in closed syllables or precede consonant clusters.
13) Canonical morpheme syllabification templates:
 
13) Vowel clusters do not occur.
 
14) Canonical morpheme syllabification templates:


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


15) Monosyllabic roots are uncommon and mainly comprise pronouns and certain common nouns and verbs.
14) Monosyllabic roots are uncommon and mainly comprise pronouns and certain common nouns and verbs.


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


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


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