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10. The geminate consonant clusters /mm, nn, ŋŋ/ are realised as [mb, nd, ŋɡ].
10. The geminate consonant clusters /mm, nn, ŋŋ/ are realised as [mb, nd, ŋɡ].


11. The geminate consonant clusters /ll, ɹɹ/ are realised as [ld, ʒd̠].
11. The geminate consonant clusters /ll, ɹɹ/ are realised as [ld, ʒd].


12. /i/ is realised as [ɪ] when following a /j/ onset.
12. The geminate consonant clusters /ʋʋ, jj/ are realised as [bw, ɡj].


13. /u/ is realised as [ʊ] when following /ʋ/ when it is the second segment of a consonant cluster.
13. /i/ is realised as [ɪ] when following a /j/ onset.


14. /i, u/ are realised as [ɪ, ʊ] in closed syllables.
14. /u/ is realised as [ʊ] when following /ʋ/ when it is the second segment of a consonant cluster.
 
15. /i, u/ are realised as [ɪ, ʊ] in closed syllables.


===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
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C = consonant, V = vowel
C = consonant, V = vowel


2. Permitted syllable codas:
2. Permitted syllable codas: all consonants


/p, t, k, ɬ, h, m, n, ŋ, l, ɹ/.
3. /ɬ, h, l, ɹ, ʋ, j/ do not occur morpheme-finally.
 
3. /ɬ, h, l, ɹ/ do not occur morpheme-finally.


4. If a particle has a word-final consonant then that consonant will be one of /m, n, ŋ/.
4. If a particle has a word-final consonant then that consonant will be one of /m, n, ŋ/.
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3. All suffixes have two allomorphs,one containing high vowels, the other containing the corresponding low vowels.
3. All suffixes have two allomorphs,one containing high vowels, the other containing the corresponding low vowels.
4. The vowels in a suffix must belong to the same harmonic class as the vowels in the preceding morpheme.


==Morphology==
==Morphology==