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 ) External sandhi only occurs between words within the same clause.
-) Essentially, any juncture between adjacent words involving word-final consonants or vowels or word-initial consonants or vowels are treated as if it was a consonant or vowel cluster within a word.
+) Between a word-final consonant and a word-initial consonant, an epenthetic /i/ is inserted.
+) Between a word-final vowel and a word-initial vowel, an epenthetic /ŋ/ is inserted.
 ==Morphology==
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 ===Constituent order===
-) The canonical word order of Avalonian is as follows:
+) The canonical word order of Avalonian is VSOX. This is detailed as follows:
-verb + agent or subject + object + oblique
+verb phrase + agent phrase or subject phrase + object phrase + oblique phrase
-) Topicalisation may front one of the agent, the subject, the object or the oblique to before the verb.
+) Topicalisation or wh-fronting may front one of the agent , the subject, the object or the oblique phrases to before the verb.
 ===Noun phrase===