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


Common Minervan has a total of 12 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 Irhobre. The consonants are displayed in the table below:
Common Minervan has a total of 13 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 Irhobre. The consonants are displayed in the table below:


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| Nasal || /m/ || /n/||||||||
| Nasal || /m/ || /n/||||||||
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|Liquid||||/l/||/ɹ/||||||
|Liquid||||/l/||||||||
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|Semivowel||||||||/j/||/w/||
|Semivowel||||||||/j/||/w/||