It is not clear if strength makes the consonants long, or if during long consonants there is a greater opportunity for full articulation.
22.
There are very few languages that have initial consonant length; among them are spoken Italian, long consonants are produced between words by sandhi effects.
23.
A full analysis and description of the status of the long consonants is not available, and more than one analysis of Delaware consonants has been proposed.
24.
The weak grade of long consonants still triggers the weak grade on a preceding syllable, however, even though the consonant itself is no longer long.
25.
Long consonants are represented in writing as double consonants, and long vowels are written with a macron ( , , + , k ).
26.
The short monophthongs exhibit allophonic changes as well . and are raised to and respectively when followed by a long consonant, / i / becomes in closed syllables.
27.
It can usually be recognised that there is a short plosive in a closed syllable, implying that it must be the weak grade of an originally long consonant.
28.
The contrastive long consonants are described as having low functional yield, that is, they differentiate relatively few pairs of words, but nonetheless do occur in contrasting environments.
29.
A stressed syllable always contains either a long vowel or a long consonant ( like in Swedish, but unlike Standard Danish, where there are no long consonants ).
30.
A stressed syllable always contains either a long vowel or a long consonant ( like in Swedish, but unlike Standard Danish, where there are no long consonants ).
