1. Geminate obstruents are tense and often give the impression of aspiration.2. Normally becomes, becomes, and becomes . and are predominantly geminate . 3. Voiceless stops are geminated and nasals also contrast in length. 4. The long ( geminate ) consonants occur only between vowels. 5. Geminate is pronounced and written . is also pronounced and written after.6. All consonants except for / h / can be geminated . 7. All consonants can be geminated ( held longer ), except for. 8. The following cannot be geminate :, and the fricatives. 9. All consonants except the glottal stop can occur as geminates . 10. Kavalan is also one of two Formosan languages to have geminating consonants.