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 ===Phonotactics===
-Vexilian is CV order.
+Vexilian present a very ample phonetic inventory
-the letter "l" can't be used if the previous letters are "t" or "d"
+The vocalic system distinguishes short and long vowels with nasal and long nasal variants
+'''Syllabic structure'''
+*
+* The maximum syllabic structure is C(C)V(C)
+*
+* Most syllables start with a consonant.
+*
+* A 2 element consonant group is allowed, where the second is always an approximant (/j w ɥ/) or a liquid consonant (/l r/).
+*
+* Affricates and ejectives count as a single segment in the syllabic structure.
+*
+* Nucleus:
+*
+* It can contain a long, short, nasal, or long nasal vowel.
+*
+* Dipthongs are exclusively decrescent (ej. [ei̯], [au̯]).
+*
+'''Coda:'''
+Nasalized coda assimilates its articulation point to the next consonant.
+'''Phonologic processes:'''
+* Nasal assimilation: /n/ adopts the articulation point of the previous consonant (/n/ → [ŋ] on velar/uvular consonants, /n/ → [ɲ] on palatal consonants).
+*
+* Vowel reduction: On a atone syllable, short vowels often get reduced to /ə/, except for /i/, which reduces to [ɪ].
+*
+* Glotal epenthesis: Between 2 identical vowels in sequence, /ʔ/ gets inserted to avoid hiatus.
+*
+* Lenition: Voiced stops get turned into fricatives between vowels (/b/ → [β], /d/ → [ð], /ɡ/ → [ɣ]).
+*
+* Emphatic glottalization: In poetic or ritual contexts, certain words are pronounced with an additional glottal stop, even if they're not graphically represented.
+*
+'''Distribution of /t͡s/, /t͡sʼ/ and /d͡z/:'''
+/t͡s/, /t͡sʼ/ y /d͡z/ behave like coronal consonants. They're frequent on initial and middle pose, but they rarely appear in coda.
 ===Morphophonology===