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== Phonotactics ==
== Phonotactics ==
Weddish phonotactics are inherited from Yiddish, which is among the more permissive in the world<ref>http://wals.info/chapter/12</ref>.  While they do not rise to the level of Georgian or Salish, they are nevertheless daunting for new learners.  Gemination only becomes phonemic across word boundaries.  Consonant clusters are spontaneously broken up across syllables in order to make codas less complicated and, if necessary, onsets more so.
Weddish phonotactics are inherited from Yiddish, which is among the more permissive in the world<ref>http://wals.info/chapter/12</ref>.  While they do not rise to the level of Georgian or Salish, they are nevertheless daunting for new learners.  Gemination only becomes phonemic across word boundaries.  Consonant clusters are spontaneously broken up across syllables in order to make codas less complicated and, if necessary, onsets more so.
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