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This document discusses an unusual consonant, /+/, in the Hiw language of Vanuatu. Phonetically, /+/ combines a velar stop [g] with a lateral approximant [ɭ]. Similar consonants in other languages have been analyzed as affricates, stops, or prestopped laterals. The author analyzes how /+/ patterns in Hiw consonant clusters in relation to sonority. Hiw allows initial consonant clusters, generally complying with sonority sequencing. Words like /m+ejiN@/

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Jamyla Laouej

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