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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
Phonotactics greatly differ between official and colloquial Jalaia. An example of this is the number of consonants that an initial consonant cluster is permitted to have. | |||
====Official Jalaia==== | |||
In official Jalaia, a syllable usually follows the following pattern: (C)(C)V(C)(C)(C). A syllable either begins with one consonant or two consonants, even when in written language the syllable begins with a vowel. In the latter case, in spoken official Jalaia, the syllable begins with an unwritten glottal stop. | |||
A syllable can end with one, two or three consonants, or, in written language, with a vowel. In spoken language, however, the end of the syllable will be marked with an unwritten glottal stop. | |||
An example would be the word "''enkyvnästettetinäs''", "I do not like you", which is pronounced [ˈʔeŋ̊kyʋ̯næsˌtet:etˌinæs]. Remember this word for the next example. | |||
====Colloquial Jalaia==== | |||
===Morphophonology=== | |||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||