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In MTL, syllables actually start from the right and grab letters to the left. Starting with ''{{x|ix}}'', we expand to ''{{x|kix}}''. Then the first syllable is simply ''o'' (''of'' after tone change). We could write ''o'kix'' but drop the apostrophe to get ''okix''. | In MTL, syllables actually start from the right and grab letters to the left. Starting with ''{{x|ix}}'', we expand to ''{{x|kix}}''. Then the first syllable is simply ''o'' (''of'' after tone change). We could write ''o'kix'' but drop the apostrophe to get ''okix''. | ||
If you drop the apostrophe from ''ok'ix'', it would look identical to ''okix''. In this case, we must keep the apostrophe. | If you drop the apostrophe from ''[[ok'ix]]'', it would look identical to ''[[okix]]''. In this case, we must keep the apostrophe. | ||
=== Hyphen (-) === | === Hyphen (-) === | ||