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 == Phonological history of consonants ==
 === Emphasis spread ===
-an emphatic consonant spreads rightward and to the first vowel leftward, but stress blocks it, as well as inherently non-emphatic consonants (š y g?) to the right
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+# T D S Z are ''emphasis sources''
+# In a cluster, emphasis sources spread emphasis onto consonants that are not marked for emphasis (nonemphatic consonants that are not š y j k)
+# The vowel before the cluster in the emphasis source is affected
+# Consonants that are inherently -emphasis (š y j k), and the stressed vowel, ''absorb emphasis'' and emphasis (usually) can't spread past them
+# If the onset of the stressed syllable is emphatic, inflectional prefixes become emphatic
+# If the coda of the stressed syllable ends is emphatic, then the emphasis spreads all the way to the end of the word
+# If the outer consonants of a consonantal root are emphatic then the middle consonant(s) become emphatic
 == Morphology ==