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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
*Basic syllabic structure is CV, where the '''onset''' (beginning) consonant can be of any type. | *Basic [[w:Syllable#Structure|syllabic structure]] is CV, where the '''onset''' (beginning) consonant can be of any type. | ||
**It is possible to use liquids and approximants as '''glides''' (CLV) between the onset and the rime (ending). | **It is possible to use liquids and approximants as '''glides''' (CLV) between the onset and the rime (ending). | ||
**Up to two consonants with same voicing may appear in the onset (CCV), especially fricative-plosive combinations, but never two plosives: ''stak'', ''fkos'', ''ksaru''. Affricate ''ts'' takes may be accompanied only by ''w'', ''j'', ''n'' or ''m'': ''tsma''. Combination /sl/ has turned into /ɬ/. | **Up to two consonants with same voicing may appear in the onset (CCV), especially fricative-plosive combinations, but never two plosives: ''stak'', ''fkos'', ''ksaru''. Affricate ''ts'' takes may be accompanied only by ''w'', ''j'', ''n'' or ''m'': ''tsma''. Combination /sl/ has turned into /ɬ/. | ||
**Lateralization and aspiration may never appear together, and nasalized rhoticization is only found in Faanish dialect. | **Lateralization and aspiration may never appear together, and nasalized rhoticization is only found in Faanish dialect (near the border of Negovia). | ||
*'''Nucleus''' can be either a vowel or a liquid, thus CVC and CLC are also possible syllables. | *'''Nucleus''' can be either a vowel or a liquid, thus CVC and CLC are also possible syllables. | ||
**Vowels (diphthongs included) may exist as a stand-alone nucleic syllable (V), mostly in the beginning or at the end of a word. | **Vowels (diphthongs included) may exist as a stand-alone nucleic syllable (V), mostly in the beginning or at the end of a word. | ||