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When Maluma/Takete Fails.
| Hunjara (PNG)a |
Syuba (Nepal)b |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Regularity | Illegal item | Regularity | Illegal item |
| No [l] | *maluma | No word-medial [kh] No 2-syl./HH/tone | *kiki *HH | |
| No [th] | *takete | No 2-syl. word-final [u] No 2-syl./LL/tone | *bubu *LL | |
| Reason | Phonetic violation | Phonotactic/tonotactic violation | ||
Note. PNG = Papua New Guinea.
Phoneme inventory from Gray, Hiley, and Thom (2015).
Phonological analysis from Gawne (2013).
