the representative of the western group of Maskoki dialects, differs in its _phonetics_ from the eastern dialects chiefly by the more general vocalic nasalization previously alluded to. Words cannot begin with two consonants; the Creek _st_ is replaced by _sht_, and combinations like _tl, bt, nt_ do not occur (Byington's Grammar, p. 9). In short words the accent is laid upon the penultima.