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 ===Phonotactics===
-* The syllable structure of Saxuma is (C)[yw]V(C).
+The maximal syllable structure of Saxuma is (C)[yw]V(C). Only voiceless obstruents and nasals are allowed in codas, with the exception of /hw/, which does not.
-* 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.
+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].
+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].
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