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| Voiced Plosive|| /b/|| /d/||/ɡ/ | | Voiced Plosive|| /b/|| /d/||/ɡ/ | ||
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| Sibilant || || /s/|| | | Central Sibilant || || /s/|| | ||
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| | | Lateral Sibilant||||/ɬ/|| | ||
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| | |Spirant||/f/||/θ/||/x/ | ||
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| Nasal || /m/|| /n/|| /ŋ/ | | Nasal || /m/|| /n/|| /ŋ/ | ||
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1. All coronals are alveolar. | 1. All coronals are alveolar. | ||
2. Nakvala has 17 consonants which, according to the World Atlas of Language Structures, is a moderately small inventory. The most notable features, according to WALs, is an initial velar nasal, a lateral obstruent without /l/, and the presence of a dental fricative. | 2. While not phonetically a sibilant, /ɬ/ patterns with /s/. | ||
3. Nakvala has 17 consonants which, according to the World Atlas of Language Structures, is a moderately small inventory. The most notable features, according to WALs, is an initial velar nasal, a lateral obstruent without /l/, and the presence of a dental fricative. | |||
====Vowels==== | ====Vowels==== | ||