First consonant in a consonant cluster cannot be a voiced fricative, voiceless affricative, voiced affricative except for /d͡ʒ/, approximate/glide or /h/
Thus, the following consonants are allowed as the first consonant in a cluster:
Voiceless: / p, t, k, f, θ, s, ʃ /
Voiced: / b, d, g, d͡ʒ, m, n /
Second consonant in a consonant cluster is restricted based on the first consonant:
Any non-nasal stop or voiceless affricative except /θ/ plus an approximate: / p, t, k, b, d, g, f, s, ʃ / + / l, w, ɹ /
/s/ plus any voiceless stop or pre-alveolar fricative: /s/ + / p, t, k, f, θ /
/ p, k / + / θ, s, ʃ /
/ m, n, θ / + / w, ɹ /
/d͡ʒ/ + /ɹ/
Syllable Nucleus
Must be a single vowel
Syllable Coda
Can be empty
No /h/ or /w/
No voiced consonants except for nasals
- Thus, the following consonants are allowed: / p, t, k, t͡s, t͡ʃ, f, θ, s, ʃ, m, n, ŋ, l, ɹ /
All obstruents have an audible release at the end of a word
Sound Changes
Sound change ahead of vowels
Change and move to next syllable (voiceless affricative): /t͡s/ → /t.t͡s/, /t͡ʃ/ → /t.t͡ʃ/
Gemination (other coda-eligible consonants): / p, t, k, θ, f, s, ʃ, m, n, l, ɹ /
Sound change ahead of a consonant
Change to /t/ (voiceless affricative): / t͡s, t͡ʃ /