@AliceinCrystalTokyo Things like that are rather common in languages with contour tones and syllable final consonants.

I think Cantonese does something like this, as well as other south Chinese languages.

@Qwyrdo I don't know enough about Cantonese (or any Chinese language tbh) to confirm but I mean, I didn't even think about it, I just put those constraints in there and only then did I notice that "short vowels VS long vowels + rising/falling tones" would be a problem, so I'm glad there's actual natural languages out there to back me up haha^^
I'd initially thought of making long vowels, like, extra fucking long so there's no way you'd mix two words, but it's just cumbersome