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1.243 The distributional structure of the consonants can be abstracted as follows
Word initial
word final
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P
ph
b
bh
t
th
d
dh
t
th
d
dh
C
ch
J
jl
h
kh
g
gh
m
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N
r
1
V
S
h
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Single
(-p-)
-pp
(-ph-) -pph
(-bh-)
-bbh
(-t-)
-tt
(-th-)
-tth
(-d-) -dd(-dh-) -ddh
(-t-)
-tt
(-th-) -tth
(-d-) -dd
(-ah-) -ddh
(-c-)
-CC
-cch
(ch-)
(-jh-)
(-jh-)
(-k-)
(-8-)
(-gh-)
(-m-)
n
Intervocal geminate
-r
-1
-V
-5
-b
-JJ
-jjh
-kk
-kkh
-gg
-ggh
-mm
-nn
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-VV
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clusters
-mp
-mph
-mb
-mbh
-nt
-nth
-nd
-ndh
-nt
-nth
-nd
-nah
-NC
-Nch
-NJ
-Njh
-Nk
-Nkh
-Ng
"Nghe
-mh
-nb
Nh
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