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Minor syllable is a term used primarily in the description of Mon-Khmer languages
Mon-Khmer languages

The Mon-Khmer languages are the Autochthonous language language family of Southeast Asia. Together with the Munda languages of India, they are one of the two traditional primary branches of the Austroasiatic languages family....
, where a word typically consists of a reduced (minor) syllable
Syllable

A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of Speech communication sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter....
 followed by a full syllable. The minor syllable may be of the form /C
Consonant

In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the upper vocal tract, the upper vocal tract being defined as that part of the vocal tract that lies above the larynx....
?/ or /C?N
Nasal consonant

A nasal consonant is produced with a lowered soft palate in the mouth, allowing air to escape freely through the nose. The oral cavity still acts as a resonance chamber for the sound, but the air does not escape through the mouth as it is blocked by the tongue....
/, with no distinction of vowels, as in colloquial Khmer
Khmer language

Khmer , or Cambodian, is the language of the Khmer people and the official language of Cambodia. It is the second most widely spoken Austro-Asiatic languages, with speakers in the tens of millions....
, or of the form /CC/ with no vowel at all, as in Mlabri
Mlabri language

Mlabri is a language spoken by the Mlabri people in the border area between Thailand and Laos.It is usually classified as a Khmuic languages, a subgroup of the Austro-Asiatic languages....
  "navel" (minor syllable ) and "underneath" (minor syllable ). This pattern is sometimes called sesquisyllabic (lit.






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Minor syllable is a term used primarily in the description of Mon-Khmer languages
Mon-Khmer languages

The Mon-Khmer languages are the Autochthonous language language family of Southeast Asia. Together with the Munda languages of India, they are one of the two traditional primary branches of the Austroasiatic languages family....
, where a word typically consists of a reduced (minor) syllable
Syllable

A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of Speech communication sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter....
 followed by a full syllable. The minor syllable may be of the form /C
Consonant

In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the upper vocal tract, the upper vocal tract being defined as that part of the vocal tract that lies above the larynx....
?/ or /C?N
Nasal consonant

A nasal consonant is produced with a lowered soft palate in the mouth, allowing air to escape freely through the nose. The oral cavity still acts as a resonance chamber for the sound, but the air does not escape through the mouth as it is blocked by the tongue....
/, with no distinction of vowels, as in colloquial Khmer
Khmer language

Khmer , or Cambodian, is the language of the Khmer people and the official language of Cambodia. It is the second most widely spoken Austro-Asiatic languages, with speakers in the tens of millions....
, or of the form /CC/ with no vowel at all, as in Mlabri
Mlabri language

Mlabri is a language spoken by the Mlabri people in the border area between Thailand and Laos.It is usually classified as a Khmuic languages, a subgroup of the Austro-Asiatic languages....
  "navel" (minor syllable ) and "underneath" (minor syllable ). This pattern is sometimes called sesquisyllabic (lit. 'one and a half syllables'). Outside Mon-Khmer, minor syllables are found also in Burmese
Burmese language

The Burmese language is the official language of Burma. Although the government officially recognizes the language as Myanmar in English, most continue to refer to the language as Burmese....
, where in contrast to full syllables they have the form /C?/, with no consonant cluster
Consonant cluster

In linguistics, a consonant cluster is a group of consonants which have no intervening vowel. In English, for example, the groups and are consonant clusters in the word splits....
s in the syllable onset
Syllable onset

In phonetics and phonology, a syllable onset is the part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus....
, no syllable coda
Syllable coda

In phonology, a syllable coda comprises the consonant sounds of a syllable that follow the syllable nucleus, which is usually a vowel. The combination of a nucleus and a coda is called a syllable rime....
, and no tone
Tone (linguistics)

Tone is the use of pitch in language to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning?that is, to distinguish or inflection words. All languages use pitch to express emotional and other paralinguistic information, and to convey emphasis, contrast, and other such features in what is called intonation , but not all languages use tones to distingu...
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