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2) External sandhi only occurs between words within the same clause.
2) External sandhi only occurs between words within the same clause.


3) Essentially, any juncture between adjacent words involving word-final consonants or vowels or word-initial consonants or vowels are treated as if it was a consonant or vowel cluster within a word.
3) Between a word-final consonant and a word-initial consonant, an epenthetic /i/ is inserted.
 
4) Between a word-final vowel and a word-initial vowel, an epenthetic /ŋ/ is inserted.


==Morphology==
==Morphology==
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verb phrase + agent phrase or subject phrase + object phrase + oblique phrase
verb phrase + agent phrase or subject phrase + object phrase + oblique phrase


2) Topicalisation may front one of the agent , the subject, the object or the oblique phrases to before the verb.
2) Topicalisation or wh-fronting may front one of the agent , the subject, the object or the oblique phrases to before the verb.


===Noun phrase===
===Noun phrase===