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*Ejectives are only ever found separating two syllables with tense voice (or tense voice floating phonation if at the beginning of a word). | *Ejectives are only ever found separating two syllables with tense voice (or tense voice floating phonation if at the beginning of a word). | ||
*The velar nasals /kŋ/ and /ŋ/ never occur at the beginning of words. | *The velar nasals /kŋ/ and /ŋ/ never occur at the beginning of words. | ||
*The alveolar stops /t/ and /d/ are never found before /i/ and /ɨ/ (with any phonation), nor before tense voice /eʔ/ and /ɘʔ/, nor before diphthongs starting with these. | *The alveolar stops /t/ and /d/, and the velar fricative /χ/ are never found before /i/ and /ɨ/ (with any phonation), nor before tense voice /eʔ/ and /ɘʔ/, nor before diphthongs starting with these. | ||
*The phoneme /l/ is pronounced as a palatal lateral [ʎ] before a high vowel, [ɹ] before a vowel with tense voice (high vowels cannot have tense voice), and [l] elsewhere. | *The phoneme /l/ is pronounced as a palatal lateral [ʎ] before a high vowel, [ɹ] before a vowel with tense voice (high vowels cannot have tense voice), and [l] elsewhere. | ||