230 CLASSIFICATION OF ALGONQUIAN TRIBES 
Initial | 2d conso- | 3d conso- 
consonant nant nant 
—~ |. 
& 
oe 
| == Oe 
~ 
a 
k 
ts 
Pp 
1s x k 
r k s 
on q t 
SUMMARY 
Consonants permitted initially: k,t, p, n, 8, ts, x, 2. 
~ Consonants permitted medially: q, k, t, s, ts, 7. 
Consonants permitted finally: k, t, p, s, ts. 
[ETH. ANN, 28 
It is likely that ts and te represent-a sound intermediate between 
these two. The following clusters also were noted in the same text: 
xgtt, skks, stspss. 
The following are all the clusters of two consonants found in three 
texts of Northern Blackfoot taken down by Dr. Robert Lowie: 
Initial 
conso- 
nant 
Second member of cluster 
k g t D | s | s m 
| | 
| qs | 
| ks 
| ps | 
sk 3U sp | sts 
rk rg at zp | wz ats xm 
isk | | tss | 
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It is clear that zg is due to mishearing. 
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