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| There is a glottal stop grapheme (') used for separating vowels. It is used especially with /i/, /æ/ and /œ/ which are written over preceding graphemes in some of the older writing systems (perhaps deriving from front vowel distinction diacritics over /e/). | | There is a glottal stop grapheme (') used for separating vowels. It is used especially with /i/, /æ/ and /œ/ which are written over preceding graphemes in some of the older writing systems (perhaps deriving from front vowel distinction diacritics over /e/). |
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| ===Phonotactics===
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| Every syllable of Aoma requires a vowel, and most common syllables in Aoma are CV followed by CVC and V. C can be a cluster of at most two consonants, and V can be either a single or geminated vowel or a diphthong. There is always a syllable boundary between geminated consonants, contrary to long vowels. Although disyllables are most frequent, words have no limitations concerning the amount of syllables; some of the longest words are created as compounds especially with large numbers.
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| There aren't very many restrictions, but some forms are just preferred more:
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| *Nasals, fricatives and liquids occur at the end of words much more often that plosives (stops)
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| *Word-final semivowel /j/ has reduced into vowel /i/ (and /w/ to /u/): ''omai'' < ''*omaj''
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| *Two different plosives at a syllable boundary tend to be pronounced with only a geminated version of the first consonant: ''roktare'' /ɹɔ'k:aˑɹe/
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| ===Script=== | | ===Script=== |