Consonant clusters July 2, 2008
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Initials consonant clusters:
-k: sk,
-l : bl, fl, gl, kl, pl, sl, vl, zl
-m: şm, sm,
-p: sp, şp,
-r : br, dr, fr, gr, kr, nr, pr, sr, tr, zr
-s: ks,
-ş: kş, tş,
-t: st, şt,
Assume that C1+C2 represents a medial consonant cluster. Then, a medial consonant cluster is any string of two consonant sounds except for those who fufill at least one of these criteria:
C1 = C2
C1 is h, ħ, or x
C1 is the unvoiced variant of C2
C1 = {p t k f ñ ż} ∩ C2 = {j x z ż}
Both are in the set {c s j z}
Final Clusters: Only clusters ending with k, p, ş, and t may be used at the end of words.
