▁elsewhere . ▁Thus ▁its ▁initial ▁con son ant ▁clusters ▁are ▁ ▁and ▁, ▁and ▁its ▁med ial ▁& ▁final ▁clusters ▁are ▁. ▁ ▁Final ▁r ▁and ▁w ▁are ▁vo ic eless : ▁▁ ▁Gl ott al ized ▁Final ▁Cons on ants : ▁One ▁aspect ▁of ▁W ich ita ▁ph on et ics ▁is ▁the ▁occurrence ▁of ▁gl ott al ized ▁final ▁con son ants . ▁Taylor ▁as ser ts ▁that ▁when ▁a ▁long ▁v owel ▁preced es ▁a ▁gl ott al ▁stop ▁( <0xC9> <0x81> ), ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁change ▁to ▁the ▁pron unci ation . ▁However , ▁when ▁the ▁gl ott al ▁stop ▁is ▁preced ed ▁by ▁a ▁short ▁v owel , ▁the ▁v owel ▁is ▁elimin ated . ▁If ▁the ▁short ▁v owel ▁was ▁preced ed ▁by ▁a ▁con son ant , ▁then ▁the ▁con son ant ▁is ▁gl ott al ized . ▁Taylor ▁hypoth es izes ▁that ▁these ▁gl ott al ized ▁final ▁con son ants ▁show ▁that ▁the ▁con son ant ▁was ▁not ▁originally ▁a ▁final ▁con son ant , ▁that ▁the ▁proto ▁form ▁( an ▁earlier ▁language ▁from ▁which ▁W ich ita ▁split ▁off , ▁that ▁Taylor ▁was ▁aim ing ▁to ▁re construct ▁in ▁his ▁paper ) ▁ended ▁in ▁a ▁gl ott al ▁stop , ▁and ▁that ▁a ▁v owel ▁has ▁been ▁lost ▁between ▁the ▁con son ant ▁and ▁gl ott al ▁stop . ▁▁▁ ▁- ▁long ▁v owel ▁ ▁V ▁- ▁short ▁v owel ▁ ▁C ▁- ▁con son ant ▁ ▁# ▁- ▁preceding ▁sound ▁ends ▁word