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 ) Vowel clusters do not occur.
-) Canonical morpheme syllabification templates:
+) Canonical syllabification templates for native roots:
-a) Roots: CV(C)- or CV(C)CV(C)-
-b) Suffixes: -(C)(C)V(C) or -(C)(C)V(C)CV(C)
+C₁VC₁VC₂
+C₁VC₂C₁V
+VC₂C₁VC₂
+C₃VC₁V
+C₁VC₃V
+C₁V̄C₄V
+C₁VC₁V̄
+V̄C₄VC₂
+V̄C₄V̄
+Notes:
+a) C₁ = any one of /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l, ɹ̠, j, w, h/
+b) C₂ = any one of /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l, ɹ̠/
+c) C₃ = any one of /tɬ, tʃ, kxʲ, kxʷ, f, s, x, v, z, ɣ, ŋʲ, ŋʷ, ɬ, ʃ, xʲ, xʷ/
+d) C₄ = any one of /f, s, x, v, z, ɣ, ɬ, ʃ/
+e) V = any short vowel
+f) V̄ = any long vowel
-c) Particles: CV(C) or CV(C)CV(C)
 ) Monosyllabic roots are uncommon and mainly comprise pronouns and certain common nouns and verbs.
-) Monosyllabic suffixes may have a word-final allomorph consisting of a single coda consonant which is employed after a short vowel.
+) Roots with more than two syllables are foreign loans and their syllabic templates generally become nativised over time.
-) Roots originating through foreign borrowings may exceed two syllables.
+) Monosyllabic suffixes may have a word-final allomorph consisting of a single coda consonant which is employed after a short vowel.
 ===Morphophonemics===