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This appendix describes the phonological system of the [[Xanian|Xanian language]].
===Consonants===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-style="font-size: 90%;"
|+Consonant phonemes
!
! colspan=2 | Bilabial
! colspan=2 | Labio-<br>dental
! colspan=2 | Alveolar
! colspan=2 | Post-<br>alveolar
! colspan=2 | Palatal
! colspan=2 | Velar
! colspan=2 | Glottal
|-
! Nasal
|width=20px style="border-right: 0;"| ||width=20px style="border-left: 0;"|{{IPA|m}}
| colspan=2 |
| colspan=2 |
|width=20px style="border-right: 0;"| ||width=20px style="border-left: 0;"|{{IPA|n}}
| colspan=2 |
|width=20px style="border-right: 0;"| ||width=20px style="border-left: 0;"| 
| colspan=2 |
|-
! Stop
| style="border-right: 0;"| ||style="border-left: 0;"| 
| colspan=2 |
| colspan=2 |
| style="border-right: 0;"|{{IPA|t}}||style="border-left: 0;"|{{IPA|d}}
| colspan=2 |
| style="border-right: 0;"|{{IPA|k}}||style="border-left: 0;"| 
| colspan=2 |
|-
! Affricate
| colspan=2 |
| colspan=2 |
| colspan=2 |
|width=20px style="border-right: 0;"|{{IPA|tʃ}}||width=20px style="border-left: 0;"|{{IPA|dʒ}}
| colspan=2 |
| colspan=2 |
| colspan=2 |
|-
! Fricative
| colspan=2 |
|width=20px style="border-right: 0;"| ||width=20px style="border-left: 0;"|{{IPA|v}}
|width=20px style="border-right: 0;"| ||width=20px style="border-left: 0;"| 
| style="border-right: 0;"|{{IPA|s}}||style="border-left: 0;"|{{IPA|z}}
| style="border-right: 0;"|{{IPA|ʃ}}||style="border-left: 0;"|{{IPA|ʒ}}
| style="border-right: 0;"| ||style="border-left: 0;"|
|width=20px style="border-right: 0;"|{{IPA|h}}||width=20px style="border-left: 0;"|
|-
! rowspan=2 | Approximant
| colspan=2 |
| colspan=2 |
| style="border-right: 0;"|{{IPA|ɹ}}||style="border-left: 0;"|
| colspan=2 |
|width=20px style="border-right: 0;"| ||width=20px style="border-left: 0;"|{{IPA|j}}
| style="border-right: 0;"| ||style="border-left: 0;"| 
| colspan=2 |
|}

===Vowels===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|
!colspan="1"| Front
!colspan="1"| Near-front
!colspan="1"| Central
!colspan="1"| Back
|-
! Close
| {{IPA|[i]}}
|
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|-
! Near-close
|
| {{IPA|[ɪ]}}
|
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|-
! Close-mid
|
|
| {{IPA|[ɵ]}}
|
|-
! Mid
| {{IPA|[e]}}
| 
|
| {{IPA|[o]}}
|-
! Near-open
|
|
| {{IPA|[ɐ]}}
|
|-
! Open
|
| {{IPA|[a]}}
| {{IPA|[ɑ]}}
|
|}

[[Category:Phonologies]]
[[Category:Conlang phonologies]]
[[Category:Xanian]]