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Example 41-187
rɔnt; gavrtaa; bayldoor; dayn; avrsaa
rɔnt;
round
gavr$taa;
dig/investigate
bayl$door;
dancer
dayn;
inch
avr$saa
hug
round; dig, investigate; dancer; inch; hug
Comment:
Rɔnt
, a Dutch loan, is the only example of a nasal + obstruent cluster coda. Note:
avrsaa
is sourced from song lyrics. Syllable boundaries are indicated by $.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Smith 1977
: 51-52
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Syllable codas: Codas at most moderately complex
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