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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Common Minervan has a total of | Common Minervan 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/, the presence of /tɬ/, and the absence of phonemic fricatives. The lack of phonemic fricatives is an areal feature of the languages of Xobde. The consonants are displayed in the table below: | ||
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| || Bilabial ||Central Alveolar||Lateral Alveolar||Palato-Alveolar||Palatal||Plain Velar||Labialised Velar||Glottal | | || Bilabial ||Central Alveolar||Lateral Alveolar||Palato-Alveolar||Palatal||Plain Velar||Labialised Velar||Glottal | ||
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| Voiceless Stop || || /t/||||/tʃ/||||/k/||/kʷ/|| | | Voiceless Stop || || /t/||/tɬ/||/tʃ/||||/k/||/kʷ/|| | ||
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| Voiced Plosive|| /b/ || /d/||||/dʒ/|||||||| | | Voiced Plosive|| /b/ || /d/||||/dʒ/|||||||| | ||