consonant cluster References consonant cluster linguistics Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: Indigenous languages of North America/ Phonology…is their use of complex consonant clusters, as in Nuxalk (also called Bella Coola; Salishan family) tlk’wixw ‘don’t swallow it.’ Some words even lack vowels entirely—e.g., nmnmk’ ‘animal.’ Read More…is their use of complex consonant clusters, as in Nuxalk (also called Bella Coola; Salishan family) tlk’wixw ‘don’t swallow it.’ Some words even lack vowels entirely—e.g., nmnmk’ ‘animal.’ Read More
