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10) Permitted two-segment syllable boundary clusters are as follows:
10) Permitted two-segment syllable boundary clusters are as follows:


a) /t, k/ + /t, k/
a) /t, k/ + /t, k, h/


b) /b/ + /d, h/
b) /b/ + /d, h/
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12) Note that the onset cluster /hl/ is a reflex of earlier /*pl, *ɡl, *sl/ and may only occur in word-initial position or after a nasal coda to form a three-segment boundary cluster. In all other contexts it has merged with /ll/.
12) Note that the onset cluster /hl/ is a reflex of earlier /*pl, *ɡl, *sl/ and may only occur in word-initial position or after a nasal coda to form a three-segment boundary cluster. In all other contexts it has merged with /ll/.


13) /j/ may not follow a long front vowel.
13) The boundary clusters /th, kh/ only occur at morpheme boundaries.


14) /w/ may not follow a long back vowel.
14) /j/ may not follow a long front vowel.


15) /i, eɪ/ may not follow /j/.
15) /w/ may not follow a long back vowel.


16) /u, / may not follow /w/.
16) /i, / may not follow /j/.


17) A lonɡ vowel may not occur in a closed syllable.
17) /u, oʊ/ may not follow /w/.


18) Vowel clusters do not occur.
18) A lonɡ vowel may not occur in a closed syllable.


19) Canonical morpheme syllable templates:
19) Vowel clusters do not occur.
 
20) Canonical morpheme syllable templates:


a) Roots: -(C)(C)V(C)- or -(C)(C)V(C)C(C)V(C)-
a) Roots: -(C)(C)V(C)- or -(C)(C)V(C)C(C)V(C)-