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c) √ in a cell means the indicated consonant cluster is permitted.
c) √ in a cell means the indicated consonant cluster is permitted.


d) * in a cell means the indicated consonant cluster is a syllable onset cluster. All other consonant clusters occur across syllable boundaries.
8) /i, eɪ/ may not follow /j/.


8) Consonant clusters are coda consonant + onset consonant in terms of syllabification.
9) /u, oʊ/ may not follow /w/.


9) /i, eɪ/ may not follow /j/.
10) /eɪ, aɪ/ may not precede /j/.


10) /u, oʊ/ may not follow /w/.
11) /oʊ, ɑʊ/ may not precede /w/.


11) /eɪ, aɪ/ may not precede /j/.
12) Long vowels may not occur in closed syllables.


12) /oʊ, ɑʊ/ may not precede /w/.
13) Vowel clusters do not occur.


13) Long vowels may not occur in closed syllables.
14) Canonical morpheme syllabification templates:
 
14) Vowel clusters do not occur.
 
15) Canonical morpheme syllabification templates:


a) Roots: (C)V(C)- or (C)(C)V(C)CV(C)-
a) Roots: (C)V(C)- or (C)(C)V(C)CV(C)-
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c) Particles: (C)V(C) or (C)(C)V(C)CV(C)
c) Particles: (C)V(C) or (C)(C)V(C)CV(C)


16) Monosyllabic roots are uncommon and mainly comprise pronouns and certain common nouns and verbs.
15) Monosyllabic roots are uncommon and mainly comprise pronouns and certain common nouns and verbs.


17) Monosyllabic suffixes may have a word-final allomorph consisting of a single coda consonant which is employed after a short vowel.
16) Monosyllabic suffixes may have a word-final allomorph consisting of a single coda consonant which is employed after a short vowel.


18) Roots originating through foreign borrowings may exceed two syllables.
17) Roots originating through foreign borrowings may exceed two syllables.


===Morphophonemics===
===Morphophonemics===
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