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Two Bantu consonant systems
Earl W. Stevick
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Abstract
Linguists have discussed the question whether certain of the Bantu languages employ consonant clusters, or whether all the syllables of those languages are of the pattern (C)V, with some of the consonants being phonetically complex. In order to have a neutral term which favors neither interpretation, I shall use Hockett's word onset to cover any and all consonantal material which precedes the vowel of a syllable.