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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
*/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, the non-English initial clusters are 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, the non-English initial clusters are sgl, 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 combinations are a bit more restricted - the allowed post-tonic combinations are generally similar to Germanic or Greek. | *Final/post-tonic combinations are a bit more restricted - the allowed post-tonic combinations are generally similar to Germanic or Greek. | ||