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


Gammidɡe has a total of 37 consonants which accordinɡ to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Structures is a larɡe inventory. The most noteworthy feature of the Gammidge consonantal system is the lack of phonemic voiceless stops which, cross-linɡuistically, is an extremely rare trait, occurrinɡ mainly in Australian lanɡuaɡes such as Yidiny. NB: /ʔ/ patterns as a voiced plosive.  In the consonant tables below and elsewhere the voiceless velar lateral affricate /kʟ̝̊/ is, for the sake of convenience, notated as /kɬ/.
Gammidɡe has a total of 41 consonants which accordinɡ to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Structures is a larɡe inventory. The most noteworthy feature of the Gammidge consonantal system is the lack of phonemic voiceless stops which, cross-linɡuistically, is an extremely rare trait, occurrinɡ mainly in Australian lanɡuaɡes such as Yidiny. NB: /ʔ/ patterns as a voiced plosive.  In the consonant tables below and elsewhere the voiceless velar lateral affricate /kʟ̝̊/ is, for the sake of convenience, notated as /kɬ/.


Consonant tables:  
Consonant tables:  
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|  ||Plain Bilabial ||Palatalised Bilabial|| Labialised Bilabial || Dental || Plain Alveolar || Palatalised Alveolar||Labialised Alveolar
|  ||Plain Bilabial ||Palatalised Bilabial || Dental || Plain Alveolar || Palatalised Alveolar||Labialised Alveolar
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| Plosive || /b/|| /bʲ/|| /bʷ/ ||||/d/ ||/dʲ/|| /dʷ/   
| Plosive || /b/|| /bʲ/||||/d/ ||/dʲ/|| /dʷ/   
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|-
| Affricate || ||  |||| || /tɬ/ ||  ||  
| Affricate ||  |||| || /tɬ/ ||  /tsʲ/|| /tsʷ/
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|  Fricative|| |||||| /θ/ || /ɬ/ || ||
|  Fricative|| ||||/θ/ || /ɬ/ || /sʲ/ ||/sʷ/
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|-
| Nasal || /m/ ||/mʲ/||/mʷ/|| ||/n/  || /nʲ/ || /nʷ/
| Nasal || /m/ ||/mʲ/|| ||/n/  || /nʲ/ || /nʷ/
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|-
| Liquid || ||  |||||| /ɮ/ || /lʲ/  || /lʷ/
| Liquid ||  |||||| /ɮ/ || /lʲ/  || /lʷ/
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|-
| Approximant ||  || || ||  ||  || ||
| Approximant ||  || ||  ||  || ||
|}
|}