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*In native [[Sceptrian#Script|script]], separate graphemes for diphthongs exist and glottal stop is not marked. | *In native [[Sceptrian#Script|script]], separate graphemes for diphthongs exist and glottal stop is not marked. | ||
==Phonotactics== | |||
*Basic [[w:Syllable#Structure|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. | ||
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*Closed syllables, i.e. those ending in coda, are not as common word-medially as open syllables (ending in nucleus) are. When words are inflected, codas tend to become onsets of the following syllable, if possible. | *Closed syllables, i.e. those ending in coda, are not as common word-medially as open syllables (ending in nucleus) are. When words are inflected, codas tend to become onsets of the following syllable, if possible. | ||
**Voicing status must be the same for consonants touching at syllable boundaries and the voiced one reduces into voiceless: *''katbas''→''katpas'' /kätˈpäs/ (fern) vs. ''oist baku'' /œi̯st<sup>(h)</sup> bä.ku/ (under a table) | **Voicing status must be the same for consonants touching at syllable boundaries and the voiced one reduces into voiceless: *''katbas''→''katpas'' /kätˈpäs/ (fern) vs. ''oist baku'' /œi̯st<sup>(h)</sup> bä.ku/ (under a table) | ||
==Suprasegmentals== | |||
===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||