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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
*/h/ cannot follow another consonant. | |||
* /h/ cannot | */s/ can only occur word-finally. | ||
* /s/ can | *Words cannot end with /g/ or any consonant cluster. | ||
* Words cannot end with /g/ or any consonant cluster. | *Vowels (except for diphthongs) must be separated by a consonant. | ||
* Vowels (except for diphthongs) must be separated by a consonant. | *Word-initial consonant clusters are limited to [plosive]+[liquid] (i.e. {ptkbdg} + {lr}), but not /tl/ or /dl/. | ||
* Word-initial consonant clusters are limited to [plosive]+[liquid] (i.e. {ptkbdg} + {lr}), but not /tl/ or /dl/. | **Intervocalic clusters may be: | ||
* Intervocalic clusters may be: | **Geminate plosives or sonorants: /pp/, /tt/, /kk/, /bb/, /dd/, /ll/, /rr/, /mm/, /nn/; but not /gg/. | ||
** Geminate plosives or sonorants: /pp/, /tt/, /kk/, /bb/, /dd/, /ll/, /rr/, /mm/, /nn/; but not /gg/. | **Any [plosive]+[liquid] combination: /pl/, /pl/, /tl/, /tr/, /kl/, /kr/, /bl/, /br/, /dl/, /dr/, /gl/, /gr/ | ||
** Any [plosive]+[liquid] combination: /pl/, /pl/, /tl/, /tr/, /kl/, /kr/, /bl/, /br/, /dl/, /dr/, /gl/, /gr/ | **Any [plosive]+/w/: /pw/, /tw/, /kw/, /bw/, /dw/, /gw/ | ||
** Any [plosive]+/w/: /pw/, /tw/, /kw/, /bw/, /dw/, /gw/ | **Any [nasal]+[unvoiced plosive] or [affricate]: /mp/, /nt/, /nk/, /nʧ/, /nʤ/ | ||
** Any [nasal]+[unvoiced plosive] or [affricate]: /mp/, /nt/, /nk/, /nʧ/, /nʤ/ | **Also: /ngw/, /hk/, /hw/, /hj/ | ||
** Also: /ngw/, /hk/, /hw/, /hj/ | *Like short vowels may contract (including with like short vowels which are part of a diphthong), e.g. ''raiwai''+''itta''+''aichī'' (‘those six men’) > ''raiwai’tt’aichī''. Determiners, adjectives, pronouns, and adverbs are the most likely to lose vowels to contraction, while nouns and verbs do not usually experience any elision. | ||
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===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||