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• … [baˈren] ‘child / children’. 2.2.3.7 Glides y and w Both are found in all environments and can be geminated. (11) Examples with /w/ and /y/ wa awíci Awwa áwrum waw yaw ayyár yaynáy caráy to heal bracelet personal name pit of jujube to curse female camel moon / month to be new friend 2.2.4 Consonant clusters 2.2.4.1 Word initial clusters The word initial cluster ‘nasal’ + ‘C’ that is allowed in Mainstream Songhay is not found in Tadaksahak. The Songhay word /nda/ ‘and / with’ …

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 34

• … áfraw áfr-an ~ í-fr-an feather; wing cíidaw cíid-an bird léelaw léel-an speech a-máaṛaw Monosyllabic Songhay cognates do not lose the final /w/, i.e. ‘insult’ wâw / wáaw-en ‘female camel’ yáw / yaaw-én. /y/ final nouns show more variety in behavior than the /w/ final nouns described above. For Songhay cognates the suffix /-en/ is expected. This is illustrated under (a) below. But there are Tamasheq cognates that also take this suffix as shown under (b). (89) Stems dropping - …

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 119