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*/z/ devoices to [s] before a stop (plosive or affricate). | */z/ devoices to [s] before a stop (plosive or affricate). | ||
*Many initial clusters are allowed. In native (Talmic) words, non-English initial clusters include hm, hn, hŋ, mn, ml, mr, vn, vl, vr, sr, sŋ, tn, tŋ, tl, dl, þn, þŋ, þl, ðl, cn, cŋ, ŋr, (not ŋl, cŋr, cŋl; they became l, cr, cl) sml, smr, hml, hmr. | *Many initial clusters are allowed. In native (Talmic) words, non-English initial clusters include hm, hn, hŋ, mn, ml, mr, vn, vl, vr, sr, sŋ, tn, tŋ, tl, dl, þn, þŋ, þl, ðl, cn, cŋ, ŋr, (not ŋl, cŋr, cŋl; they became l, cr, cl) sml, smr, hml, hmr. | ||
*Final/post-tonic | *Final/post-tonic combinations are a bit more restricted - the allowed post-tonic combinations are somewhat similar to European languages. (Windermere loans may only end in a V or one C.) | ||
===Diaphonology=== | ===Diaphonology=== | ||