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===Consonants===
===Consonants===


Hesperian has a total of 15 consonants which accordinɡ to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is a moderately small inventory. The most strikinɡ feature of the inventory is, accordinɡ to WALS, an absence of phonemic fricatives. The consonants are displayed in the table below:
Hesperian has a total of 10 consonants which accordinɡ to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is a moderately small inventory. The most strikinɡ features of the inventory are, accordinɡ to WALS, the lack of /p, ɡ/ and the absence of phonemic fricatives. The consonants are displayed in the table below:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|-
|  || Labial || Alveolar||Postalveolar|| Velar||Glottal
|  || Labial || Coronal || Dorsal || Glottal
|-
|-
| Voiceless Plosive |||| /t/||||/k/||
| Voiceless Plosive || || /t/ || /k/ ||  
|-
|-
|Voiced Plosive||/b/||/d/||||||
| Voiced Plosive || /b/ || /d/ || ||  
|-
|-
|Voiceless Affricate||||/ts/||//||||
| Nasal || /m/ || /n/ || ||  
|-
|-
|Voiced Affricate||||/dz/||/dʒ/|||||
| Liquid || || /l/ || ||  
|-
|-
|Fricative||||||||||/h/
| Semivowel || /w/|| || /j/ ||  
|-
|-
|Nasal||/m/||/n/||||||
| Approximant|| || || || /h/
|-
|Liquid||||/l/||/ɹ/||||
|-
| Semivowel|| /w/ || ||/j/ ||||
|}
|}