MICHELSON] ALGONQUIAN LINGUISTIC GROUPS 281 
MICMAC 
os Second consonant of cluster 
Tnitial 
conso- —_— = = = ; 
BERLE pr: |belott 9 lead k 9 m Ton Mp’ ait s te | aj | us 
Pp pt pk pl 
b bn bl 
t ip tk 
d dm dn dl 
k kp kt kl ks kte ku? 
9 gm gn gl 
m mp mt | md mk ml ms mtc 
n np nt nk i nm ns ntc ndj 
t lp lb lt ld lk lg im In Is lte 
8 sp st sk sm sn sl 
te tck | 
qj , djk djm djn ql 
z at | zs axle 
1 Probable mishearing for yk, nk in the Malecite and Passamaquoddy tables likewise is nk. 
The semivowel w occurs after b, d, k, g, n, 1, s,*kk, pk, tk, nk, sk, tek. 
The only long consonants observed are tt and kk. These are of 
rare occurrence. 
It has not been possible as yet to determine whether all these clus- 
ters occur in the same morphologic parts of words or are due to com- 
binations of different morphologic components. 
applies to the clusters of the other languages discussed. 
In the text the following clusters occur finally: tk, pk, mk, nk, lk, 
ick, djk, sk, kt. 
occurs only after k. 
The same statement 
Initially only kl occurs; w in initial combinations 
MALECITE 
_ Second member of cluster 
Initial ae - = 
consonant | 
Pp b t d k g | mii} () s te 
Pp pt pk ps 
b | 
t 'p tb tk tg- im | tl 
d | | dl 
k kp kt km kn kl ks kte 
g gm gn 
m mp md mk mn ms 
n np nt nd nk | 
l Ip ld Ik im | in ls 
8 sp st sk sl 
z zl 
te tek 
