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To codas the following rules apply: | To codas the following rules apply: | ||
*There is no phonemic voicing contrast, but instead | *There is no phonemic voicing contrast, but instead all syllable-final obstruents are voiceless by default. However, they may be optionally voiced if the following syllable starts with a voiced consonant. | ||
*P t k s can be preceded by r l s or a homorganic nasal consonant. | *P t k s can be preceded by r l s or a homorganic nasal consonant. | ||
*H q do not occur at the end of a syllable. | *H q do not occur at the end of a syllable. | ||
The second syllable of disyllabic roots usually ends in one of the following sequences: /ər ɛrː ɪrː ol ɔlː ɛ ɪ/. | The second syllable of disyllabic roots usually ends in one of the following sequences: /ər ɛrː ɪrː ol ɔlː ɛ ɪ/, of which /ɛ ɪ/ only appear in nouns. Three native words are an exception to this "rule": ''niktū'' /niːktʏ/ "without", ''grotto'' /ɣrɔtːoː/ "cave" and ''ottjo'' /ɔtːjoː/ "eight". | ||
Some non-native or recently coined words break these rules. | There is a slight tendency to shorten disyllabic roots to monosyllabic ones. Occasionally this has created two variants of a single root, as in ''valt'' "go for a walk" and its derived noun ''vantl-ing'' "walk". | ||
Some non-native or recently coined words break these rules. /tl/ in particular is a common cluster in non-inherited vocabulary. | |||
==Verbs== | ==Verbs== | ||