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1. All coronals are alveolar except for /ɬ/ which is postalveolar.
1. All coronals are alveolar except for /ɬ/ which is postalveolar.


2. Lanakwa has 19 consonants which, according to the World Atlas of Language Structures, is an average inventory. The most notable features, according to WALs, are the presence of a lateral obstruent, the initial velar nasal and a dental fricative.
2. /ḿ/ represents a nasal that is [m] as an onset and /ŋ/ as a coda.
 
3. Lanakwa has 14 consonants which, according to the World Atlas of Language Structures, is a small inventory. The most notable feature, according to WALs, is the presence odf ental fricative.


==2. Vowels==
==2. Vowels==