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* only ''n'' or ''m'' before a consonant | * only ''n'' or ''m'' before a consonant | ||
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The word-final consonants ''s, sh, ng'' and ''z'' are not permitted to occur before another consonant, so undergo changes in compounds or when consonant-initial endings are added: | |||
* Final ''-s'' is lost, the preceding vowel lengthens and a following voiced plosive is devoiced: ''is'' 'language, speech' + ''-do'' (pejorative) = ''iito'' 'curse', ''os'' 'cold' + ''-pung'' (abstract) = ''oopung'' 'coldness'. | |||
* Final ''-sh'' is replaced by ''-i-'', forming a diphthong with the preceding vowel (''ush > oi'', ''ish > ei, ii''), and a following voiced plosive is devoiced: ''banash'' 'fruit' + ''-to'' (diminutive) = ''banaito'' 'berry', ''ush'' 'empty' + ''gyong'' 'person' = ''oikyong'' 'vain person'. | |||
* Final ''-ng'' becomes ''-n-'' (or ''-m'' before ''p, b, f''): ''gyong'' 'person' + ''-zoi'' (collective) = ''gyonzoi'' 'team, band', ''yong'' 'smooth' + ''-pung'' (abstract) = ''yompung'' 'smoothness'. | |||
* Final ''-z'' is lost entirely: ''az'' 'man' + ''-chi'' (adjectival) = ''achi'' 'masculine'. | |||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||