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! colspan="2" |Nasal | ! colspan="2" |Nasal | ||
| '''m''' | | '''m''' | ||
| | | [ɱ] | ||
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| '''n ń''' | | '''n ń''' [n] | ||
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| '''ng''' | | '''ng''' [ŋ] | ||
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!Breathy | !Breathy | ||
| '''ph bh'''<br> | | '''ph bh'''<br>[pʰ] [bʱ] | ||
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|'''th dh'''<br> | |'''th dh'''<br>[tʰ] [dʱ] | ||
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|'''kh gh'''<br> | |'''kh gh'''<br>[kʰ] [gʱ] | ||
|'''qh'''<br> | |'''qh'''<br>[qʰ] | ||
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! Lateral | ! Lateral | ||
| '''pl bl'''<br /> | | '''pl bl'''<br />[pˡ] [bˡ] | ||
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| '''tl dl'''<br /> | | '''tl dl'''<br />[tˡ] [dˡ] | ||
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| '''kl gl'''<br/> | | '''kl gl'''<br/>[kˡ] [gˡ] | ||
| '''ql'''<br/> | | '''ql'''<br/>[qˡ] | ||
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! rowspan="3" |Fricative | ! rowspan="3" |Fricative | ||
!Voiceless | !Voiceless | ||
| ph | | ph [ɸ] | ||
| '''f''' | | '''f''' | ||
| '''th''' | | '''th''' [θ] | ||
| '''s''' | | '''s''' | ||
| '''sh''' | | '''sh''' [ʃ] | ||
| '''h''' | | '''h''' [ç] | ||
| '''kh h''' | | '''kh h''' [x] | ||
| '''qh''' | | '''qh''' [χ] | ||
| '''h''' | | '''h''' | ||
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!Voiced | !Voiced | ||
| '''w''' bh | | '''w''' bh [β] | ||
| '''v''' | | '''v''' | ||
| '''dh''' | | '''dh''' [ð] | ||
| '''z''' | | '''z''' | ||
| '''zh''' | | '''zh''' [ʒ] | ||
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|'''sl''' | |'''sl''' [ɬ] | ||
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| '''ts''' | | '''ts''' [t͡s] | ||
| '''tsh''' | | '''tsh''' [t͡ʃ] | ||
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| '''tsl''' | | '''tsl''' [t͡ɬ] | ||
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! colspan="2" |Trill | ! colspan="2" |Trill | ||
| pr | | pr [ʙ] | ||
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| '''r ŕ''' | | '''r ŕ''' [r] [r̥] | ||
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The liquids ''r'' and ''l'' can appear as '''syllabic consonants''': ''tlsl'' /tˡl̩ɬ/ (shallow), ''prk'' /pr̩k/ (wagon) and ''trs'' /tr̩s/ (smith) | The liquids ''r'' and ''l'' can appear as '''syllabic consonants''': ''tlsl'' /tˡl̩ɬ/ (shallow), ''prk'' /pr̩k/ (wagon) and ''trs'' /tr̩s/ (smith) | ||
*Vernacularly, both syllabic and obstruent-following alveolar trill ''r'' and lateral approximant ''l'' are pronounced as voiceless | *Vernacularly, both syllabic and obstruent-following alveolar trill ''r'' and lateral approximant ''l'' are pronounced as voiceless [r̩̊], [r̥], [l̩̊] and [l̥] when in contact with only voiceless consonants: ''trs'' [tr̩̊s] (smith) contrasting with ''trls'' [tr̩s] (while standard /trəls/) (smiths); ''gatl'' [gɑtl̥] (houses) whose pronunciation approaches [gɑtɬ] | ||
**'''Meslatu Hirke''' made his disputed suggestion in 7:693 that a similar process had led to the birth of ''sl'' as plural indicator, when original plural ''l'' turned first into voiceless and then into ''sl'' after a word-final glottal stop, which has disappeared entirely. | **'''Meslatu Hirke''' made his disputed suggestion in 7:693 that a similar process had led to the birth of ''sl'' as plural indicator, when original plural ''l'' turned first into voiceless and then into ''sl'' after a word-final glottal stop, which has disappeared entirely. | ||
*In eastern dialects, ''pr'' is realized as | *In eastern dialects, ''pr'' is realized as [ʙ] | ||
*Fricatives show properties of syllabic consonants word-initially and word-finally. | *Fricatives show properties of syllabic consonants word-initially and word-finally. | ||
Nasal | Nasal [ɱ] only appears as an allophone of nasals with labio-dental sounds /f/ and /v/. Before velar sounds (e.g. /k/) nasals turn similarly into [ŋ]. | ||
Letter ''h'' has three allophones: | Letter ''h'' has three allophones: [x] appears word-finally, [ç] with front vowels and [h] with back vowels ''tihtóhnah'' [tiçˈtɔh.näx] (assassinator). It's also used after consonants to indicate breathy voice. | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||