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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | /x | Noun |
| labial | /xx | Noun |
| vocal | /x | Adjective |
| lateral | /xx | Noun |
| weak | / | Adjective |
| lingual | /x | Noun |
| narrow | /x | Adjective |
| open | /x | Adjective |
| close | / | Adjective |
| flat | / | Adjective |
| nasal | /x | Adjective |
| voiced | / | Verb |
| medial | /xx | Adjective |
| phonetic | x/x | Adjective |
| oral | /x | Adjective |
| checked | / | Verb |
| pure | / | Adjective |
| articulate | x/xx | Adjective |
| spoken | /x | Verb |
| aspirated | /xxx | Adjective |
| emphatic | x/x | Adjective |
| distinctive | x/x | Adjective |
| harmonic | x/x | Noun |
| pharyngeal | //xx | Noun |
| literal | /xx | Adjective |
| phonemic | x/x | Adjective |
| tonal | /x | Adjective |
| strong | / | Adjective |
| apical | /xx | Adjective |
| compositional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| tonic | /x | Noun |
| front | / | Noun |
| cognate | /x | Noun |
| proximal | /xx | Noun |
| level | /x | Noun |
| back | / | Adverb |
| colloquial | x/xx | Noun |
| distal | /x | Noun |
| lexical | /xx | Adjective |
| inflected | x/x | Adjective |
| univocal | xx/x | Adjective |
| phonological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| literate | /xx | Adjective |
| acute | x/ | Adjective |
| syllabic | x/x | Adjective |
| final | /x | Adjective |
| dialectal | /xxx | Adjective |
| isolating | /xxx | Verb |
| cognitive | /xx | Adjective |
| genetic | x/x | Adjective |
| phrasal | /x | Adjective |
| linguistic | x/x | Adjective |
| marked | / | Adjective |
| gendered | /x | Adjective |
| ultimate | /xx | Adjective |
| thematic | x/x | Adjective |
| middle | /x | Noun |
| defunct | x/ | Adjective |
| verbal | /x | Adjective |
| inclusive | x/x | Noun |
| exclusive | x/x | Adjective |
| standard | /x | Noun |
| indefinite | x/xx | Adjective |
| intrusive | x/x | Adjective |
| count | / | Noun |
| gingival | /xx | Noun |
| synchronic | x/x | Adjective |
| notional | /xx | Adjective |
| ungrammatical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| fortis | /x | Noun |
| consonants | /xx | Noun |
| stops | / | Noun |
| accusative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| aspectual | x/xx | Adjective |
| categorical | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| dichotomous | x/xx | Adjective |
| fricative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| imperfective | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| periphery | x/xx | Noun |
| sharpest | /x | Adjective |
| stark | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| unbridgeable | xxxx | Adjective |
| vocalic | /xx | Adjective |
| voiceless | /x | Adjective |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
