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**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/ | ||
*/i/ and /u/ are realized as [ɪ] and [ʊ], respectively, in unstressed closed syllables. | |||
*Like short vowels may contract (including with like short vowels which are part of a diphthong), e.g. ''[[Contionary: raiwai|raiwai]]''+''[[Contionary: itta|itta]]''+''[[Contionary: aichī|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. | *Like short vowels may contract (including with like short vowels which are part of a diphthong), e.g. ''[[Contionary: raiwai|raiwai]]''+''[[Contionary: itta|itta]]''+''[[Contionary: aichī|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. | ||