Himmaswa: Phonology: Syllable Structure: Moderately complex
(C1)(C2)V(C3)
Rules:
- C1 and C2 are never both nasals or fricatives, or stops of the same articulation point
- if C1 and C2 are of the same articulation point, C2 is never a nasal
- C2 can never be /f/
- /j/ and /w/ are rare in C2 position
- /h/ never appears in clusters
- C3 is never a voiced stop or fricative
When a stop is preceded by a heterorganic nasal, an extra-short schwa /ə̆/ occurs medially.
