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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Magellanican has a total of | Magellanican 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 the presence of an initial velar nasal as well as the absence of phonemic fricatives. The consonants are displayed in the table below: | ||
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| ||Labial||Alveolar||Dorsal||Glottal | | ||Labial||Alveolar||Dorsal||Glottal | ||
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|Stop||/p/||/t/||/k/|| | |Voiceless Stop||/p/||/t/||/k/|| | ||
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|Voiced Stop||/b/||/d/||/ɡ/|| | |||
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|Continuant||/w/||/ɹ/||/j/||/h/ | |Continuant||/w/||/ɹ/||/j/||/h/ | ||