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| Voiced Stop || b || bʲ || bˤ || d || dˤ || dʷ || || || ɟ || g || || ɟʷ || gʷ ~ gw ~ gb || || | | Voiced Stop || b || bʲ || bˤ || d || dˤ || dʷ || || || ɟ || g || || ɟʷ || gʷ ~ gw ~ gb || || | ||
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| Voiceless Stop || p || pʲ || pˤ || t || tˤ || tʷ || || || c || k || q || cʷ || kʷ ~ kw ~ kp || | | Voiceless Stop || p || pʲ || pˤ || t || tˤ || tʷ || || || c || k || q || cʷ || kʷ ~ kw ~ kp || || ʔ | ||
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| Voiced Affricate || || || || dz || || || dʑ || ɖʐ || || || || || || || | | Voiced Affricate || || || || dz || || || dʑ || ɖʐ || || || || || || || | ||
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A few dialects merge the aspirated dental consonant into the voiceless alveolar affricate. | A few dialects merge the aspirated dental consonant into the voiceless alveolar affricate. | ||
Some dialects merge /ɫʷ/ into /ɫ/. | Some dialects merge /ɫʷ/ into /ɫ/. While both of these are strictly speaking coronal laterals with secondary articulation, for the purposes of the phonology they pattern with the uvular consonants (e.g. regarding how they affect the pronunciation of surrounding vowels). | ||
Labialised labial consonants /mʷ/, /bʷ/, /pʷ/ (and sometimes /fʷ/~/ɸ/) occur as separate phonemese in a few dialects. But most dialects have merged these with the plain labials. | Labialised labial consonants /mʷ/, /bʷ/, /pʷ/ (and sometimes /fʷ/~/ɸ/) occur as separate phonemese in a few dialects. But most dialects have merged these with the plain labials. | ||