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Example 9-209
Dey wan sok di sprat til dey dɛd.
Dey
3pl
wan
fut
sok
suck
di
the
sprat
sprat
til
till
dey
3pl
dɛd.
dead
They (manta rays) will suck on the sprat (fish) until they die.
Comment:
There is a [spr] cluster in
sprat.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1985
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Syllable onsets: Onsets may be complex
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