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distinct. This glottal stop is unmarked in the Romanized transliteration. Elsewhere, the glottal stop may appear
intervocalically, or may appear in syllable-final position if preceded by a vowel.
No more than five consonants can occur in conjunction intervocallically, and only four in word-initial position. When
intervocalic, the first two or three and last two or three consonants must each form permissible syllable-final and syllable
initial conjuncts respectively. For word-initial conjuncts, the first three of the four consonants must form a permissible
syllable-final conjunct on their own. Examples: kstruifântu, alzmweit, urpstwam.
For intervocalic three-consonant conjuncts either the first consonant or the last consonant of the conjunct must be in a
separate syllable than the other two consonants. If the first consonant is dissyllabic from the other two, then those other
two consonants must be a permissible syllable-initial conjunct. If the third consonant is dissyllabic from the first two,
then the first two must be a permissible syllable-final conjunct.
For word-initial and word-final triple consonant conjuncts, these are generally permissible if the both the first two
consonants are permissible as a conjunct by themselves and the last two consonants of the conjunct are permissible as a
conjunct by themselves.
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