History: Morphology: consonants

Source of version: 2 (current)

An __initial__ is empty or one of the following single consonants or clusters, in any case not followed by another consonant:

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| |r |l |c|cr|cl|s|sr|sl| | | | |j|-|-|z|-|- |
|f|fr|fl|cf|cfr|cfl|sf|sfr|sfl| |v|vr|vl|jv|jvr|jvl|zv|zvr|zvl|
|p|pr|pl|cp|cpr|cpl|sp|spr|spl| |b|br|bl|jb|jbr|jbl|zb|zbr|zbl|
|k|kr|kl|ck|ckr|ckl|sk|skr|skl| |g|gr|gl|jg|jgr|jgl|zg|zgr|zgl|
|t|tr|-|ct|ctr|-|st|str|-| |d|dr|-|jd|jdr|-|zd|zdr|-|
|x|xr|xl|-|-|-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|m|mr|ml|cm|cmr|cml|sm|smr|sml| | | | |jm|jmr|jml|zm|zmr|zml|
|n|-|-|cn|-|-|sn|-|-| | | | |-|-|-|-|-|-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | |tc| | |ts| | | | | | |dj| | |dz| | |

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There are in all 102 possible initials, including the empty one.

An __initial-pair__ is an initial cluster that consist of exactly two consonants. 

An __affricate__ pair is one of __tc__, __ts__, __dj__, __dz__.

A __consonant__ is a __voiced__ consonant, an __unvoiced__ consonant or a __syllabic__ consonant.

A __voiced__ consonant is one of __b__, __d__, __g__, __j__, __v__, __z__.

An __unvoiced__ consonant is one of __c__, __f__, __k__, __p__, __s__, __t__, __x__.

A __syllabic__ consonant is one of __l__, __m__, __n__, __r__.


__l__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'l' or 'L', not followed by __h__ or __l__.

__m__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'm' or 'M', not followed by __h__ or __m__ or __z__.

__n__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'n' or 'N', not followed by __h__ or __n__ or an __affricate__.

__r__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'r' or 'R'.not followed by __h__ or __r__.

__f__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'f' or 'F', not followed by __h__ or __f__ or any __voiced__ consonant.

__p__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'p' or 'P', not followed by __p__ or __P__ or any __voiced__ consonant.

__t__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 't' or 'T', not followed by __h__ or __t__ or any __voiced__ consonant.

__k__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'k' or 'K', not followed by __h__ or __k__ or __x__ or any __voiced__ consonant.

__x__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'x' or 'X', not followed by __h__ or __x__ or __k__ or __c__ or any __voiced__ consonant.

__c__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'c' or 'C', not followed by __h__ or __c__ or __s__ or __x__ or any __voiced__ consonant.

__s__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 's' or 'S', not followed by __h__ or __s__ or __c__ or any __voiced__ consonant.

__j__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'j' or 'J', not followed by __h__ or __j__ or __z__ or any __unvoiced__ consonant.

__z__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'z' or 'Z', not followed by __h__ or __z__ or __j__ or any __unvoiced__ consonant.

__b__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'b' or 'B', not followed by __h__ or __b__ or any __unvoiced__ consonant.

__d__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'd' or 'D', not followed by __h__ or __d__ or any __unvoiced__ consonant.

__g__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'g' or 'G', not followed by __h__ or __g__ or any __unvoiced__ consonant.

__v__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'v' or 'V', not followed by __h__ or __v__ or any __unvoiced__ consonant.


__h__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and ' ' ' or 'h', followed by a ((Morphology: syllables| nucleus)).
History: Morphology: consonants

Source of version: 2 (current)

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