31. The geminate affricate " * cc " generally remains, often spelled. 32. This was similar to the geminate sound which had been represented as in Old English. 33. In addition, in Tadraq is usually geminate , but in Tudalt singleton may occur. 34. As the last two examples shows, the Hurrian geminates are also absent in Urartian. 35. Whether a non-plain consonant is geminated or long depends on the syllabic context. 36. The weakened grades of geminate consonants still counted as geminates for the purposes of syllabification. 37. The weakened grades of geminate consonants still counted as geminates for the purposes of syllabification. 38. Geminate consonants were written double; long vowels were usually not distinguished from short ones.39. Cypriot Greek, the Modern Greek dialect of Cyprus, however, preserves geminate consonants. 40. Before the fricatives, coronal obstruents assimilate to a fricative, resulting in a geminate .
