Keywords: Italian syllable onset phonotactics diagram.gif Quick-and-dirty diagram of consonants and consonant sequences which can begin an Italian syllable based on information included in English Wikipedia article Italian phonology You can pick any consonant from the Main consonant column and if there are blue lines connecting it to the Pre-C and/or Post-C column then you can optionally include one of the connected preceding and/or following consonants to form a syllable-initial consonant cluster In this form the diagram overgenerates a few sequences zvr zvl zgl own 2012 AnonMoos Italian language Phonology Syllable |