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Given the 200-word list in Pasil Kalinga, the above words exhibit the glottal

stop //. Analyzing the environment wherein // takes place, we can draw the following
rule:

//: []/ #_V


V_V
C_V
V_C
#_V
[ad]
[a.jam]
[it]
[is.si.wit]
[.tb]
[a.s]
[a.na]
[a.li]
[a.kaw]
[.tj]
[u.ub]
[i.saw]
[a.su]
[i.num]
[i.a]
[ip.lug]
[a.ta]
[t.ag]
[at.a.ju]
[a.ma]
[.kjat]
[a. kit]
[am.tu]
[a.puj]
[a.gus]
[u.mg]
[i.td]
[i.ma]
[u. u]
[i.na]
[g.nan]
[a.np]

V_V
[ta.gu.ub]
[ta.u]
[ru.ut]
[ha.n]
[fi.i]
[a.a.i]
[a.a.an]
[fu.u]
[a.it]
[i. a.mi]
[f.fa.i]

C_V
[mag.an]
[aj.a.jam]
[fan.it]

V_C
[j.j]
[fa.sa]
[man.sa.sa]

V_#
[a.na]
[am.tu]
[j.j]
[fi.i]
[fu.u]

[a.sa.wa]
[.tj]
[am.mu]
[u. pu]
[ag.tj]
[an.u]
[a.u]
[i.na]
[a.a.ni]
[.]
[.sa]
[u.um]
[aj.a.jam]
[u.an]
[us.tu]
[igib]
[a.pu.wap]
[a.sin
[i.fa.ka]
[i.lan]
[a.su]
[im.las]
[u.g]
[a.su]
[ag.tu.wn]
[i.nit]
[i.jat]
[i.pus]
[i.nat]
[u.ta]
[a.sa.wa]
[a.in]
[. gs]

It has been observed that the glottal stop Pasil Kalinga occurred in wide variety
of environment. First, // can be found word-initial vowel. Second, it can be intervocalic
or in between two vowels in a word. Third, it is also found between a consonant and a
vowel, or vice versa. Lastly, it can also be noted that it can also occur word-final vowel.
In other words, // occurs if it is being followed by a vowel in a word. However, it will
never occur in an environment between two consonants.

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