{"id":427,"date":"2009-12-29T10:35:42","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T15:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.eastcree.org\/eastcree\/?page_id=427"},"modified":"2017-07-25T15:09:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T19:09:28","slug":"consonant-clusters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcree.org\/cree\/en\/grammar\/sounds-east-cree\/sounds\/consonant-clusters\/","title":{"rendered":"Consonant Clusters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"pg-title\"><a name=\"top\"><\/a>Consonant Clusters<\/h1>\r\n<p>(Note: Northern East Cree examples are used on this page.)<\/p>  \r\n\r\n<p>CONSONANT CLUSTERS consist of more than one consonant in a row. When talking  about consonant clusters, we need to distinguish between consonant  <em>sounds<\/em> and consonant <em>letters.<strong> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n<ul><li>Sometimes an audible consonant cluster is also spelled like a cluster. For  example, the cluster <span class=\"ipa\">[ sk ]<\/span> is spelled with two consonant letters, SK, as in <span class=\"bjct\">\u148b\u14f5\u152e<strong>\u1505\u146f<\/strong>\u14c2b\u1403\u14ef\u14bb<\/span> <img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/phonetics\/cree-north\/chisaayaaskunibisim.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"> chisaayaa<strong>sk<\/strong>unibisim.<\/li>\r\n<li>Sometimes an audible consonant cluster is <em>not<\/em> spelled like a  cluster. For example, in the word <span class=\"bjct\">\u144e\u1426\u1473\u1424<\/span> <img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/phonetics\/cree-north\/tihkaau.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><strong>tihk<\/strong>aau, the cluster <span class=\"ipa\">[ t\u02b0k ]<\/span> is spelled as TIHK.<\/li>\r\n<li>Sometimes a single consonant sound is spelled with two consonant letters.  For example, <span class=\"ipa\">[ \u0283 ]<\/span> is spelled with two letters, SH, even though it is one sound,  as in <span class=\"bjct\">\u1512\u1512\u1449<\/span> <img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/phonetics\/cree-north\/shiishiip.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><strong>sh<\/strong>ii<strong>sh<\/strong>iip.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><p>All three cases are described below.<\/p>\r\n<h3 class=\"head\">Consonant clusters that are audible, and also spelled as clusters<\/h3>\r\n<p>Consonant clusters that you can both hear and see in the spelling include:<\/p>\r\n<ul><li><a href=\"s-or-sh-clusters\" target=\"_blank\">Clusters beginning with S or SH <\/a>, such as SP, ST, SCH, SK, SHP, SHT, SHCH, SHSH, SHK, SKW, SHTW, and  SHKW.<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"h-clusters\" target=\"_blank\">Clusters beginning with H<\/a>, such as HP, HT, HCH, HK, HY, and HW .<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><h3 class=\"head\">Consonant clusters that are audible, but not spelled as clusters<\/h3>\r\n<p>Some consonant clusters are not spelled like clusters, even though you can  <em>hear<\/em> a cluster.<\/p>\r\n<ul><li>For example, although there are no consonant clusters in the  <em>spelling<\/em> of the word <span class=\"bjct\">\u14ab\u14ab\u1431\u14f1\u14d0<\/span> <img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/phonetics\/cree-north\/maamaapisun.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"> maamaapisun, the word is pronounced as <span class=\"ipa\">[ ma &#8211; &#8216;map &#8211; s\u028an ]<\/span>; the <span class=\"ipa\">[ ps ]<\/span> cluster is  spelled as PIS.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><p>Such clusters happen when vowels are <a href=\"..\/vowels\/silent\" target=\"_blank\">silent<\/a>,  or when the letters I, U, or A are <a href=\"..\/vowels\/silent\" target=\"_blank\">silent<\/a>. See the page on <a href=\"vowel-deletion\" target=\"_blank\">clusters resulting from silent vowels<\/a> for  details.<\/p>\r\n<h3 class=\"head\">Single consonants which are spelled with two consonant letters<\/h3>\r\n<p>Finally, sometimes you will see clusters in the <em>spelling<\/em> of a word,  but you will not <em>hear<\/em> a consonant cluster.<\/p>\r\n<ul><li>For example, although there is a spelled consonant cluster, PW, at the  beginning of the word <span class=\"bjct\">\u1446\u14c2\u1525<\/span> <img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/phonetics\/cree-north\/pwaanish.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><strong>pw<\/strong>aanish, you can only hear a single <span class=\"ipa\">[ p ]<\/span>, not a <span class=\"ipa\">[ pw ]<\/span> cluster. The letter W  is silent in many <a href=\"w-clusters\" target=\"_blank\">clusters spelled with W<\/a>,  including KW, TW, SHW, etc.<\/li>\r\n<li>Similarly SH is spelled like a consonant cluster, but it stands for a single  <span class=\"ipa\">[ \u0283 ]<\/span> sound, as in <span class=\"bjct\">\u1512\u1512\u1449<\/span> <img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/phonetics\/cree-north\/shiishiip.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><strong>sh<\/strong>ii<strong>sh<\/strong>iip.<\/li>\r\n<li>Finally, CH is spelled like a consonant cluster, but it most often stands  for a single sound, either <span class=\"ipa\">[ t\u0283 ]<\/span> or <span class=\"ipa\">[ d\u0292 ]<\/span>, as in <span class=\"bjct\">\u1491\u146d\u1466<\/span> <img class=\"clickable\" title=\"Click here to hear this word\" data-sound-url=\"\/snd\/phonetics\/cree-north\/dj_chaakit.mp3\" src=\"\/img\/speak.gif\" alt=\"Click here to hear this word\"><strong>ch<\/strong>aakit.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><p>Actual (audible) clusters are described on the next few pages. The relevant  pages are:<\/p>\r\n<ul><li><a href=\"s-or-sh-clusters\" target=\"_blank\">Clusters beginning with S or SH <\/a>, such as SP, ST, SCH, SK, SHP, SHT, SHCH, SHSH, SHK, SKW, SHTW, and  SHKW.<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"h-clusters\" target=\"_blank\">Clusters beginning with H<\/a>, such as HP, HT, HCH, HK, HY, and HW.<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"vowel-deletion\" target=\"_blank\">Clusters resulting from silent  vowels.<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Clusters <a href=\"w-clusters\" target=\"_blank\">spelled with the letter W<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><div id=\"cite\" style=\"z-index: 2000000; display: none; position: fixed; top: 0; right: 0; left: 0; bottom: 0;\">\r\n<div style=\"z-index: 2000000; position: fixed; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); top: 0; right: 0; left: 0; bottom: 0;\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('cite').style.display='none';\"><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"z-index: 5000000; position: relative; margin: 10% auto; width: 800px; min-height: 200px; max-height:600px; background-color: white; border-radius: 1em; padding: 1em 2em;\">\r\n\r\n<button class=\"closeButton close\" title=\"close\" style=\"float:right; max-height: 14px;\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('cite').style.display='none';\"><\/button>\r\n<table style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"font-weight: bold;\">APA:<\/td>\r\n<td>Dyck, C., &amp; Junker, M.-O. (2010). <span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> The Sounds of East Cree.<\/span> In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. Retrieved from <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">[URL]<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td>\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr><tr><td style=\"font-weight: bold;\">MLA:<\/td>\r\n<td>Carrie Dyck and Marie-Odile Junker. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> The Sounds of East Cree.<\/span> In The Interactive East Cree Reference Grammar. 2010. Web. <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">[date]<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p style=\"font-size: 0.8em; padding-left:20px;\"> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[URL]<\/span> = website address, beginning with \u201chttp:\/\/\u201d<br><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[Date]<\/span> = the date you accessed the page, styled as follows: 13 Dec. 2015<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Consonant Clusters (Note: Northern East Cree examples are used on this page.) 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