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'''Syllable Structure'''
'''Syllable Structure'''


(C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)
(C)(C)V(C)(C)


====Rules====
The end of one syllable and the beginning of another is of some importance, since the adjacency of voiced and unvoiced obstruents are dependent on their placement in a word's syllable structure. In any given word, the partitioning of syllables is as even and symmetrical as possible. For example, ''anxâlik''', meaning "leader/boss", would not be split up as V.CCVC.VC, but would be VC.VC.CVC. With this partitioning, the three syllables are more even in their onset/coda distribution.


* No more than two vowels can occur next to each other in a single world. (e.g.: CV+V+VCC)
'''Rules'''
* If two vowels occur next to each other, then a y sound will separate them.
 
* Under no circumstances should two sounds of the same manner of articulation appear adjacent to each other.
1. No more than two vowels can occur next to each other in a single world. (e.g.: CV+V+VCC)
* No consonants of the same place of articulation should appear adjacent to each other, excepting central alveolar consonants.
2. If two vowels occur next to each other, then a y sound will separate them.
* A fricative cannot be in the same consonant cluster an affricate or vise versa.
3. Under no circumstances should two sounds of the same manner of articulation appear adjacent to each other.
4. No consonants of the same place of articulation should appear adjacent to each other, excepting central alveolar consonants.
5. A fricative cannot be in the same consonant cluster an affricate or vise versa.
6. No syllable with a nucleus longer than one mora can be articulated as closed (See Morphophonology for more information).


==Morphology==
==Morphology==