From: Acquisition of consonant clusters and remediation of cluster reduction in Egyptian children
 | Group A | Group B | Group C | P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
I. Clusters of obstruents + sonorants | |||||
A- Stops + sonorants | Affected % | 25.47 | 23.85 | 53.85 | 0.07 |
Total % | 4.84 | 1.24 | 0.28 | < 0.001* | |
B- Fricatives + sonorants | Affected % | 15.58 | 25.38 | 46.15 | 0.002* |
Total % | 2.96 | 1.32 | 0.24 | < 0.001* | |
II. Clusters of obstruents | |||||
A-Stops + fricatives | Affected % | 6.94 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.07 |
Total % | 1.32 | 0.12 | 0 | < 0.001* | |
B-Fricatives + stops | Affected % | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.8 |
Total % | 0.4 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.003* | |
C-Stops + stops | Affected % | 1.89 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.6 |
Total % | 0.36 | 0.16 | 0 | 0.02* | |
III. Clusters of sonorants + obstruents | |||||
A- Sonorants + stops | Affected % | 26.95 | 23.08 | 0 | 0.1 |
Total % | 5.12 | 1.2 | 0 | < 0.001* | |
B- Sonorants + fricatives | Affected % | 10.95 | 10 | 0 | 0.6 |
Total % | 2.08 | 0.52 | 0 | < 0.001* | |
IV-Clusters of sonorants | |||||
A-Liquid + nasal | Affected % | 5.89 | 6.15 | 0 | 0.9 |
Total % | 0.24 | 0.32 | 0 | < 0.001* | |
B-Nasal + liquid | Affected % | 4.21 | 4.62 | 0 | 0.7 |
Total % | 0.8 | 0.24 | 0 | < 0.001* |