Consonant sequences include NC (homorganicnasal–plosive), where C may be/bdtd̠ɟɡk/.Elsewhere,/bd/are relatively rare and only occur beforehigh vowels./d̠/,written⟨ḓ⟩in the literature, is a laminal post-alveolar coronal stop that is indeterminate as to voicing. The phonemic status of[ʔ]is unclear; if[VʔV]is interpreted as vowel sequences/VV/,then this contrasts with long vowels (where the two V's are the same) and vowel sequences separated by linking glides (where the two V's are different).
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