Taba and Roma: clusters and geminates in two Austronesian languages

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    HAJEK, J.; Bowden, J.
    Date
    1999
    Source Title
    Proceedings, XIVth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Hajek, John
    Affiliation
    Arts: School of Languages
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    Conference Paper
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    Hajek, J., & Bowden, J. (1999). Taba and Roma: clusters and geminates in two Austronesian languages. In, Proceedings, XIVth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, San Francisco.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/33424
    Abstract
    Some lesser-known Austronesian languages, such as Taba and Roma, with relatively simple phonological inventories, nevertheless have very complex phonotactic structures. The presence of a wide range of typologically unusual cluster combinations in word-initial position has important implications for generally accepted notions about Austronesian languages and about segment sequencing and the sonority hierarchy.
    Keywords
    language universals; Taba; Roma; Austronesian; phonotactic structure; cluster; linguistic typology; Leti; Greenberg

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