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11. Long vowels do not occur in morpheme-final position. | 11. Long vowels do not occur in morpheme-final position. | ||
12. /i, eɪ/ may not occur after onset /j/. | 12. /i, eɪ/ may not occur after onset of /j/. | ||
13. /u, oʊ/ may not occur after onset /ʋ/. | 13. /u, oʊ/ may not occur after onset /ʋ/. | ||
14. | 14. Long vowels may not occur before a semivowel onset. | ||
15. | 15. Most native roots are disyllabic with monosyllabic roots being restricted to pronouns. Most particles are monosyllabic. | ||
16. | 16. Roots, particles and prefixes must begin with a single consonant or a syllable onset cluster. | ||
17 | 17. Suffixes may begin with a single consonant, a syllable onset cluster, a syllable boundary cluster or a vowel. | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||