Datapoint Bislama/Syllable onsets
Complex onsets are not favoured by speakers from some areas: they will use an epenthetic vowel to break up clusters, e.g. spun 'spoon' > sipun.
Values 
Onsets may be complex
- Example 23-181:
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splin blong hem stap foldaon oltaemsplinspleenblongposshem3sgstapstayfoldaonfall.downoltaemalwaysHe keeps getting hernias (lit. His spleen always falls down).
Source: Meyerhoff nd
- Example 23-182:
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oli kwik blong kakaeoliagrkwikquickblongpurpkakaeeat[They] eat quickly.
Source: Meyerhoff nd
- Example 23-183:
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yu no luk hem longwe long haos?yu2sgnonegluklookhem3sglongwetherelonglochaos?houseDidn't you see him over at the house?
Source: Meyerhoff nd
- Confidence:
- Very certain