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Pangali's phonotactics are fairly simple, not unlike that of Tagalog, with a syllable structure of CV. | Pangali's phonotactics are fairly simple, not unlike that of Tagalog, with a syllable structure of CV. | ||
With the exceptions of geminate nasals and fricatives, consonant clusters are not permissible even across syllable boundaries. Any consonant may begin a syllable, but all syllables must be open. Due to the nature of this syllable structure non-conforming loanwords are often heavily altered | With the exceptions of geminate nasals and fricatives, consonant clusters are not permissible even across syllable boundaries. Any consonant may begin a syllable, but all syllables must be open. Due to the nature of this syllable structure non-conforming loanwords are often heavily altered; but it should be noted that calques are extremely more common in favor of familiarity. | ||
Note the insertion of /u/ to break apart clusters in the following example. | Note the insertion of /u/ to break apart clusters in the following example. | ||