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===Phonology===
===Phonology===
====Consonants====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | [[w:Labial consonant|Labial]]
! colspan="2" | [[w:Denti-alveolar_consonant|Denti-alveolar]]
! colspan="2" | [[w:Postalveolar consonant|Postalveolar]]
! rowspan="2" | [[w:Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! colspan="2" | [[w:Velar consonant|Velar]]
|- style="font-size: small;"
! hard
! soft
! hard ([[w:Dental_consonant|Dental]])
! soft ([[w:Alveolar_consonant|Alveolar]])
! hard
! soft
! soft
! hard
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! colspan="2" | [[w:Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| [[w:Voiced_bilabial_nasal|m]] ⟨m⟩ || mʲ ⟨mj⟩
| [[w:Voiced_dental,_alveolar_and_postalveolar_nasals#Dental_or_denti-alveolar|n̪]] ⟨n⟩ || [[w:Voiced_dental,_alveolar_and_postalveolar_nasals#Alveolar|nʲ]] ⟨nj⟩
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| ŋʲ ⟨ngj⟩ || [[w:Voiced_velar_nasal|ŋ]] ⟨ng⟩
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[w:Stop consonant|Plosive]]
! {{small|voiceless}}
| [[w:Voiceless_bilabial_plosive|p]] ⟨p⟩ || pʲ ⟨pj⟩
| [[w:Voiceless_dental_plosive|t̪]] ⟨t⟩ || [[w:Voiceless_alveolar_plosive|tʲ]] ⟨tj⟩
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| kʲ ⟨kj⟩ || [[w:Voiceless_velar_plosive|k]] ⟨k⟩
|-
! {{small|voiced}}
| [[w:Voiced_bilabial_plosive|b]] ⟨b⟩ || bʲ ⟨bj⟩
| [[w:Voiced_dental_plosive|d̪]] ⟨d⟩ || [[w:Voiced_alveolar_plosive|dʲ]] ⟨dj⟩
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| ɡʲ ⟨gj⟩ || [[w:Voiced_velar_plosive|ɡ]] ⟨g⟩
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[w:Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
! {{small|voiceless}}
| colspan="2" |
| [[w:Voiceless_dental_affricate|ʦ̪]] ⟨tz⟩ || [[w:Voiceless_dental_affricate|ʦʲ]] ⟨tzj⟩
| [[w:Voiceless postalveolar affricate|ʧ]] ⟨cz⟩ || ʧʲ ⟨czj⟩
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! {{small|voiced}}
| colspan="2" |
|  ||
| [[w:Voiced postalveolar affricate|ʤ]] ⟨dsz⟩ || ʤʲ ⟨dszj⟩
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! rowspan="2" | [[w:Fricative consonant|Spirant]]
! {{small|voiceless}}
| [[w:Voiceless_labiodental_fricative|f]] ⟨f⟩ || fʲ ⟨fj⟩
| [[w:Voiceless_dental_sibilant|s̪]] ⟨s⟩ || [[w:Voiceless dental sibilant|sʲ]] ⟨sj⟩
| [[w:Voiced_postalveolar_fricative|ʃ]] ⟨sz⟩ || ʃʲ ⟨szj⟩
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| xʲ ⟨chj⟩ || [[w:/x/|x]] ⟨ch⟩
|-
! {{small|voiced}}
| rowspan="2" | [[w:Voiced_labiodental_fricative|v]] ⟨v⟩ || rowspan="2" |  vʲ ⟨wj, vj⟩
| [[w:Voiced dental sibilant|z̪]] ⟨z⟩ || [[w:Voiced dental sibilant|zʲ]] ⟨zj⟩
| [[w:Voiced_postalveolar_fricative|ʒ]] ⟨zsz⟩ || ʒʲ ⟨zszj⟩
| rowspan="2" | [[w:/j/|j]] ⟨j⟩
|  colspan="2" | [[w:/h/|h]] ⟨h⟩
|-
! colspan="2" | [[w:Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
| [[w:Velarized_dental_lateral_approximant|ɫ̪]] ⟨l⟩
| [[w:Alveolar_lateral_approximant|lʲ]] ⟨lj⟩
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! colspan="2" | [[w:Tap_and_flap_consonants|Tap]]
| colspan="2" |
| colspan="2" |
| [[w:/ɾ/|ɾ]] ⟨r⟩ || ɾʲ ⟨rj⟩
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A sequence of a plain consonant followed by a front vowel is realised with a velar offglide inserted (or a labiovelar offglide after labial consonants):
A sequence of a plain consonant followed by a front vowel is realised with a velar offglide inserted (or a labiovelar offglide after labial consonants):