1.Previous
3.Next

of identical consonants next to each other by debuccalizing to avoid geminate consonants. If a word ends in one of the glottalized plosives /p' t' k' b/ and is followed by an identical consonant, the final consonant may dispose of its point of articulation and become the glottal stop /?/. This may also happen before another plosive inside a common idiomatic phrase or compound word.

1.Previous
3.Next