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Example 25-344
En beibi bin oldei bon treit.
En
and
beibi
baby
bin
pst
oldei
always
bon
born
treit.
straight
And babies used to be born straight. (i.e. with straight bones)
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River. The example illustrates a word with initial consonant cluster (
treit
'straight').
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Syllable onsets: Onsets at most moderately complex
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