Re: Phonology Question (Coda vs. Word Final)

David Peterson wrote:
>  Are there natural languages that do this--make restrictions on what can
end a syllable that are harsher than on those that can end a word?  Are such
restrictions realistic?  Any info would be much appreciated.  :)
>
I think Malay/Indonesian qualify-- at least if you ignore loan words.
Final, p t k m n N l r s (and y w, if you count the diphthongs).  Medial, r
(rare) and homorganic nasal (very common).  In Indonesian (I don't know
about Malay), there are some rare anomalous "native" forms with -ks-
and -Ns- that are probably loans from neighboring Sundanese and Javanese.

Spanish too-- you have e.g. absoluto and exacto, but b/p and g/k aren't
permitted word-final. I doubt that native speakers realize that ab- and ex-
are (original) prefixes.