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It seems that consonant clusters in the onset position are allowed.
Are there patterns like CCVCV that nemand a consonant cluster to appear? What happens if two consonants of a root cannot form a cluster?

I think most conlangers, me at least, feel that <th> is okey for /tʰ/. But <sh> for /ʃ/ makes very English favaour. <zh> is even worse. There I prefer <š>. Linguists prefer phonemic orthographies and I agree that's a kind of bias among conlangers. <th> <ph> <kh> etc. form a consistent paradigm so I ...

Vtain language p t t͡s[s] k kʷ ʔ b d d͡z[z] gʷ h v[f][w̝][ʍ] z[s] ɦ m n l r[ɾ] Main vowels: i u ä Combined vowels: e o Reduced vowels: ï ɐ~ə Ablaut has three grades. Simple vowels: ø-ɐ-ä ø-ï-i ø-ï-u Diphthongs reducing the first segment: e-je-ie̯ o-wo-uo̯ Diphthongs deducing the first segment: i-e-...

Vtain language p t t͡s[s] k kʷ b d d͡z[z] gʷ h v[f][w̝][ʍ] z[s] ɦ m n l r[ɾ] Main vowels: i u ä Combined vowels: e o Reduced vowels: ï ɐ~ə Ablaut has three grades. Simple vowels: ø-ɐ-ä ø-ï-i ø-ï-u Diphthongs reducing the first segment: e-je-ie̯ o-wo-uo̯ Diphthongs deducing the first segment: i-e-äi...