ABSTRACT

The only m-and n-combinations (apart from [mj, nj]) that are found are [sm, sn]: smile, snow.

No combinations of [v], [ð] or [z] with other consonants are found initially. The only initial groups of three consonants that are tolerated are the following, all of

them beginning with s: [spr, str, skr, spl, skw, spj, stj, skj]: spring, string, scream, split, square, spew, stew, skew.