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As with *i and *o, it is unclear whether *c was an independent phoneme in Proto-Algonquian. Almost all instances where *c is reconstructed are before *i, *i·, or *y, where it does not contrast with *t (see below), or are cases of diminutive consonant symbolism. However, Goddard recommends continuing to write it in reconstructions, since it seems to have been present in the clusters *cp and *ck; since it can be reconstructed before *a in the term *capo·nk- "splash"; and since *t does appear before *i· in some reconstructions of the onomatopoeic

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