![]() ![]() Thus, there is no syllable /wo/, /kwo/, /gwo/ nor /hwo/.Ĭonsonants that can occur in C2 (the coda of the syllable) are restricted to /n/ and the voiceless obstruents except /h/. The glide /w/ never occurs before the vowel /o/. Also, the glide /w/ can often cooccur with /k/ and /g/ (as in /kwiː/ ‘voice’ and /uhu+gwi/ ‘loud voice’), and rarely with /h/ (as in /teːhwa/ ‘joke’). The glide /j/ often cooccurs with /t/ (e.g., /tjuː/ ‘human’) and rarely with /h/ (as in /anu⸗hjaː/ ‘that guy’). Glides can also occur as an onset either on their own or together with C1. The syllabic /n/ is parasitic to the following syllable with the onset.Īll consonants can occur in C1 as the onset of the syllable. The nasal /n/ can also occur in V1 as a syllabic consonant, which can be lengthened (as in //ntja// → /nːtjaː/ ‘soil’). ![]() V2 can be filled by /i/, which constitutes the second half of a diphthong, or /ː/, which constitutes the second half of a long vowel. The syllable structure of Kin is schematized as (C1)(G)V1(V2)(C2), where C, G, and V represent consonants, glides and vowels, respectively, and the parenthesized slots are optional.Īll vowels can occur in V1 as the nucleus of the syllable. ![]()
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