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Both long vowels and diphthongs may be pronounced instead as two vowels in hiatus. This is particularly common in song and when unstressed. | |||
===Phonotactics=== | |||
* The syllable structure of Saxuma is (C)[yw]V(C). | |||
* Only voiceless obstruents and nasals are allowed in codas. /hw/ does not appear in codas. | |||
* Adjacent vowels epenthesize a semivowel - /j/ if the former vowel is /e/ or /i/, /w/ if /u/ or /o/. If the former vowel is /a/, then the latter vowel is used to determine the epenthesized semivowel in the same way. | |||
* The sequence /nn/ is allowed. One survey of speakers indicated that /mm/, /ss/, /zz/, /ɕɕ/, and /ʑʑ/ are all considered phonotactically licit, but no actual occurrences of any of these are attested. Identical plosives in sequence will have the former plosive morph to a glottal stop, e.g. */tt/ > [ʔt]. | |||
==Other resources== | ==Other resources== | ||