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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
<!-- Explain the consonant clusters and vowel clusters that are permissible for use in the language. For example, "st" is an allowed consonant cluster in English while onset "ng" isn't. --> | <!-- Explain the consonant clusters and vowel clusters that are permissible for use in the language. For example, "st" is an allowed consonant cluster in English while onset "ng" isn't. --> | ||
Syllable structure is (C)V(C) | Syllable structure is (C)V(C). | ||
The consonants ', b, x, kh, d, r, s, sh, c, g, f, q, l, n, and h occur syllable-finally in native words. The consonants ''p, ch, t, th, gh, m,'' and ''ny'' cannot occur syllable-finally (except before ''b'', where ''m'' occurs instead of ''n''). They undergo the following neutralizations: | |||
p --> b | |||
ch --> sh (does not occur in native words) | |||
t, th --> d | |||
m, ny --> n (m before b) | |||
''J'' and ''dh'' do not occur word finally in native words, but they might in loan-words. For example, ''xaj'' "Hajj", ''kaadh'' "card" (more commonly ''kaar''). | |||
The consonants ''p'', ''th'', ''gh'', and ''ch'' do not occur word-initially in native words. They come from intervocalic ''-b-'', ''-d/t-'', ''-g/k-'', and ''-lt-'' respectively (the modern intervocalic ''b'', ''d/t'', and ''g/k'' come from geminated consonants). | |||
===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
====Sandhi==== | ====Sandhi==== | ||