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===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===


1) The syllable template is (C)(C)V(C).
1) The syllable template is (C)V(C).
   
   
2) Voiceless plosives, nasals and liquids are permitted in coda position in all contexts.
2) Stops, nasals and /l/ are the permitted syllable coda consonants.


3) Voiced plosives are permitted in coda position word-medially.
3) Consonant clusters may not have more than two segments.


3) Consonant clusters may not have more than three segments.
4) Consonant clusters only occur at syllable boundaries within the word.


4) No more than two segments may occur in the syllable onset.
5) Geminate consonants clusters may not precede a coda consonant or a long vowel.


5) No consonant cluster may occur in the syllable coda.
6) Single stops may not precede a coda consonant if they follow a nasal or liquid.


6) Three-segment consonant clusters may only occur across syllable boundaries, a coda consonant followed by a syllable onset cluster.
7) Permitted consonant clusters as follows:
 
7) Geminate consonants clusters may not precede a coda consonant or a long vowel.
 
8) Single stops may not precede a coda consonant if they follow a nasal or liquid.
 
9) Permitted syllable onset consonant clusters as follows:


a) /t, k/ + /l, j, w/
a) /t, k/ + /l, j, w/