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All consonants are long, compared to English: with plain stops the hold is longer, with aspirated stops the aspiration is longer, and with affricates the frication is longer. The [[voice onset time]] of the aspirated and ejective stops is twice as long as that found in most other languages. | All consonants are long, compared to English: with plain stops the hold is longer, with aspirated stops the aspiration is longer, and with affricates the frication is longer. The [[voice onset time]] of the aspirated and ejective stops is twice as long as that found in most other languages. | ||