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 ===Consonant Gradation===
-) If a syllable should be closed by suffixation and should it begin with a fortis plosive or a lenis plosive following a nasal, liquid or vowel then those plosives undergo lenition. This is usually referred to as consonant gradation.
+) Consonant gradation is word-internal lenition that effects the following:
-) The sequences of consonant gradation are as follows:
+a) Fortis obstruents
-a) pp > p > w
+b) Lenis plosives following a sonorant coda or vowel
+) Consonant gradation is triggered by the closing of a syllable which begins with the above classes of obstruents.
+) The sequences of consonant gradation are as follows:
+a) pp > p > v
 b) tt > t > r
-c) kk > k > ɰ
+c) ttK > tK > l
+d) ttS > tS > j
+e) kk > k > h
+f) kk_w > k_w > w
+g) mp > mb
+h) nt > nd
+i) ntK > ll
+j) ntS > ndZ
+k) ŋk > ŋg
+l) Nk_w > Ng_w
+m) rp > rv
+n) rt > rd
-d) mp > mb
+o) rtK > ll
-e) nt > nd
+p) rtS > rj
-f) ŋk > ŋg
+q) rk > rh
-g) rp > rw
+r) rk_w > rw
-h) rt > rd
+s) lp > lv
-i) rk > rɰ
+t) lt > ld
-j) lp > lw
+u) ltS > L
-k) lt > ld
+v) lk > lh
-l) lk > lɰ
+w) lk_w > lw
-) Consonant gradation occurs after metathesis from sandhi.
+) Consonant gradation occurs after metathesis from sandhi but before sandhi proper.
 ===Sandhi===