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   Phonotactics and Consonant Clusters
   Phonotactics dictates the rules governing how consonants may combine within a syllable structure. While the complexity of allowable initial consonant clusters varies greatly between languages, several universal constraints appear related to aerodynamic efficiency.
   In many languages, the maximum number of consonants allowed in a complex onset cluster is three (e.g., $/spr-/$ in English or $/sft-/$ in …