A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

3.1 Consonants
onset cluster tend to be of either unknown or of Germanic origin, which helps
explain why eleven of the word-initial CCs and both of the CCCs would not
be attested in word-internal onsets even if syllabification allowed tautosyllabic
consonant clusters word-internally.
Table 3.9: Bipartite consonant clusters in syllable onset position
C 1 C 2 attested CCs
plosive + sonorant pr, pl, tr, kn, kr, kl
sibilant + obstruent sp, st, sk, sv, ʃk, ʃv
fricative + sonorant fr, fl, sm, sn, sɲ, sl, ʃm, ʃɲ, ʃl
Table 3.10: Tripartite consonant clusters in syllable onset position
C 1 C 2 C 3 attested CCCs
s + plosive + r str, skr
3.1.2.2 Consonant clusters in syllable coda position
Because syllabification results in syllable onsets of a single consonant segment
(cf. §2.2.3), only the coda of the initial syllable can host tautosyllabic consonant
clusters in the consonant center. An inventory of these CCs is provided in Table
3.11.
Table 3.11: Tautosyllabic CC clusters in the consonant center (all in coda position)
C 1 C 2 attested CCs
fricative + plosive vt, vk
oral sonorant + plosive rp, lp, jp, rt, lt, jt, rk, lk
Syllable codas in word-final position are more restrictive, as only three CCs
and one CCC are frequently found in this position, while four other CCs are
found in a very limited set of words; the attested clusters in word-final syllable
codas are listed in Table 3.12 on the next page. The regularly occurring word-final
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