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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Common Mavortian has a total of | Common Mavortian has a total of 14 consonants which according to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is a small inventory. The most striking features of the inventory, according to WALS, are missing /p, ɡ/ and the absence of phonemic fricatives. The lack of phonemic fricatives is an areal feature of the languages of the Summer Lands. The consonants are displayed in the table below: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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| || Labial || | | || Labial ||Central Alveolar||Lateral Alveolar||Palato-Alveolar|| Dorsal||Uvular||Glottal | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Voiceless Stop || || /t/||/tʃ/||/k/|| | | Voiceless Stop || || /t/||||/tʃ/||/k/||/q{{IPA|ꭓ}}/|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Voiced Stop || /b/ || /d/||/dʒ/|||| | | Voiced Stop || /b/ || /d/||||/dʒ/|||||| | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Nasal || /m/ || /n/ |||||| | | Nasal || /m/ || /n/ |||||||||| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Approximant||/w/||/l/||||/j/||/h/ | |Approximant||/w/||/ɹ/||/l/||||/j/||||/h/ | ||
|} | |} | ||