Complex sentence: Like young children, most of her first words were monosyllabic and consisted of consonant-vowel-(consonant) sequences; the consonants were usually an unaspirated labial or dental stop, and the vowels were monophthongs.
Split into simpler sentences: Like young children, most of her first words were monosyllabic and consisted of consonant-vowel-(consonant) sequences. The consonants were usually an unaspirated labial or dental stop, and the vowels were monophthongs.