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


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 Xobde. The consonants are displayed in the table below:
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/||||||||