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7. What can be a nucleus in a language?<br />

Languages differ in what can constitute a nucleus.<br />

Ex: Tashlhiyt Berber<br />

Words in Berber<br />

/tft. kt. stt/ ‘you sprained it’<br />

/tl. di/ ‘she pulls’<br />

/ts. krt/ ‘you did’<br />

/tn. Sft/ “you grazed the skin<br />

/tx. znt/ ‘you stored’<br />

ttggwa<br />

ttsxxan<br />

http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/jcoleman/ttggwa.wav<br />

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berber_languages

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