<Tr> <Td> Three obstruents: / ksθ /, / kst / </Td> <Td> sixth, next </Td> </Tr> <P> Note: For some speakers, a fricative before / θ / is elided so that these never appear phonetically: / fɪfθ / becomes (fɪθ), / sɪksθ / becomes (sɪkθ), / twɛlfθ / becomes (twɛlθ). </P> <Ul> <Li> Syllables may consist of a single vowel, meaning that onset and coda are not mandatory . </Li> <Li> The consonant / ŋ / does not occur in syllable - initial position . </Li> <Li> The consonant / h / does not occur in syllable - final position . </Li> <Li> Onset clusters ending in / j / are followed by / uː / or its variants (see note 5 above). </Li> <Li> Long vowels and diphthongs are not found before / ŋ /, except for the mimetic words boing and oink, unassimilated foreign words such as Burmese aung and proper names such as Taung, and American - type pronunciations of words like strong (which have / ɔŋ / or / ɑŋ /). The short vowels / ɛ, ʊ / occur before / ŋ / only in assimilated non-native words such as ginseng and Sung (name of dynasty) or non-finally in some dialects in words like strength . </Li> <Li> / ʊ / is rare in syllable - initial position (although in the northern half of England, (ʊ) is used for / ʌ / and is common at the start of syllables). </Li> <Li> Stop + / w / before / uː, ʊ, ʌ, aʊ / (all presently or historically / u (ː) /) are excluded . </Li> <Li> Sequences of / s / + C + V̆ + C, where C is a consonant other than / t / and V̆ is a short vowel, are virtually nonexistent . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Syllables may consist of a single vowel, meaning that onset and coda are not mandatory . </Li>

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