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2) Stops, nasals and /l/ are the permitted syllable coda consonants.
2) Stops, nasals and /l/ are the permitted syllable coda consonants.
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3) Consonant clusters may not have more than two segments.
3) Consonant clusters may not have more than two segments.


4) Consonant clusters only occur at syllable boundaries within the word.
4) Consonant clusters only occur at syllable boundaries within the word.


5) Geminate consonants clusters may not precede a coda consonant or a long vowel.
5) Geminate consonants clusters may not precede a coda consonant.


6) Single stops may not precede a coda consonant if they follow a nasal or liquid.
6) Single stops may not precede a coda consonant if they follow a nasal or liquid.
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c) √ in a cell means the indicated consonant cluster is permitted.
c) √ in a cell means the indicated consonant cluster is permitted.


8) /j/ may not follow a long front vowel.
8) /i, eɪ/ may not follow /j/.
 
9) /w/ may not follow a long back vowel.
 
10) /i, eɪ/ may not follow /j/.
 
11) /u, oʊ/ may not follow /w/.


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


13) Vowel clusters do not occur.
10) Vowel clusters do not occur.


14) Canonical morpheme syllable templates:
11) Canonical morpheme syllable templates:


a) Roots: -(C)(C)V(C)- or -(C)V(C)CV(C)-
a) Roots: -(C)(C)V(C)- or -(C)V(C)CV(C)-
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d) Particles: (C)V(C) or (C)V(C)CV(C)
d) Particles: (C)V(C) or (C)V(C)CV(C)


15) Monosyllabic roots are rare and mainly comprise pronouns and certain verbs such as the copula 'kwe' or the negative verb 'wa'.
13) Monosyllabic roots are rare and mainly comprise pronouns and certain verbs such as the copula 'kwe' or the negative verb 'wa'.


16) Monosyllabic suffixes may have a word-final allomorph consisting of a single coda consonant which is employed after a short vowel.
14) Monosyllabic suffixes may have a word-final allomorph consisting of a single coda consonant which is employed after a short vowel.


17) Roots originating through foreign borrowings may exceed two syllables.
15) Roots originating through foreign borrowings may exceed two syllables.


===Morphophonemics===
===Morphophonemics===