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Segmental Phonology, Phonotactics, and Syllable Structure in the Romance Languages

"From the perspective of phonological typology, the Romance languages exhibit considerable diversity, although they all originate from the same ancestor language..." – By Stephan Schmid

Syllable Structure in Germanic

"Syllable structure has helped shape the Germanic languages and, remarkably, the syllable template inherited from Germanic has remained relatively stable over nearly 2,000 years..." – By Laura Catharine Smith

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