morphology: consonants

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

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

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 commas and 'l' or 'L', not followed by h or l.

m is zero or more commas and 'm' or 'M', not followed by h or m or z.

n is zero or more commas and 'n' or 'N', not followed by h or n or an affricate.

r is zero or more commas and 'r' or 'R'.not followed by h or r.

f is zero or more commas and 'f' or 'F', not followed by h or f or any voiced consonant.

p is zero or more commas and 'p' or 'P', not followed by p or P or any voiced consonant.

t is zero or more commas and 't' or 'T', not followed by h or t or any voiced consonant.

k is zero or more commas and 'k' or 'K', not followed by h or k or x or any voiced consonant.

x is zero or more commas and 'x' or 'X', not followed by h or x or k or c or any voiced consonant.

c is zero or more commas and 'c' or 'C', not followed by h or c or s or x or any voiced consonant.

s is zero or more commas and 's' or 'S', not followed by h or s or c or any voiced consonant.

j is zero or more commas and 'j' or 'J', not followed by h or j or z or any unvoiced consonant.

z is zero or more commas and 'z' or 'Z', not followed by h or z or j or any unvoiced consonant.

b is zero or more commas and 'b' or 'B', not followed by h or b or any unvoiced consonant.

d is zero or more commas and 'd' or 'D', not followed by h or d or any unvoiced consonant.

g is zero or more commas and 'g' or 'G', not followed by h or g or any unvoiced consonant.

v is zero or more commas and 'v' or 'V', not followed by h or v or any unvoiced consonant.

h is zero or more commas and ' ' ' or 'h', followed by a nucleus.