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Consonant clusters



It's hard for me to get a handle on what to do here.  First off, as
consonants only appear at the beginning of a word, we have only the problem
of initial consonant clusters.  And, since the languages we're mostly
borrowing from (except russian) have pretty limited permissible initial
consonant clusters, maybe it won't be a problem for straight borrowings.
Here I'll make an attempt at a set of rules:  Actually, we're talking about
non-vowel clusters, as rlmnq have to be dealt with:

b, br, bl, bw, by  

(after this, I leave out the w and y.  I figure they can appear after any
consonant, tho I figure we shd prohibit Cwu and Cyi, as being hard to
distinguist from Cu and Ci.)

c,
d, dr, dl (dl doesnt' seem to show up in many languages, but I have no
trouble with it.  Anybody else?)
f, fl, fr
g, gl, gr
h
j
k, kl, kr
p, pl, pr
s, sk, skr, skl, st, str, stl, sp, spr, spl, sn, sm, sl, sr
t, tr, tl. ts
v, vr, vl
x, (as for 's')
z, zr, zl.

Now, do we want to permit the voiced couterparts of the 's' series?  zg,
zgr, zd, zb, none of them or some of them?

Please critique the daylights out of this.  What should be tossed, and what
have I left out?

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