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


Hesperian has a total of 19 consonants which accordinɡ to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is an averaɡe inventory. The most strikinɡ features of the inventory is the absence of /p, ɡ/ amonɡ the plosives. The consonants are displayed in the table below:
Hesperian has a total of 10 consonants which accordinɡ to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is a small inventory. The consonants are displayed in the table below:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|  || Labial || Central Alveolar||Lateral Alveolar||Velar||Palatovelar||Labiovelar|| Glottal
|  || Labial || Alveolar||Dorsal||Glottal
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| Voiceless Plosive |||| /t/|||| /k/ || /kʲ/||/kʷ/||
| Plosive ||/p/|| /t/||/k/|| /k/ ||  
|-
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|Voiced Plosive||/b/||/d/||||||||||
|Fricative||||/s/||||
|-
|-
|Voiceless Fricative||||/θ̠/||/ɬ/||/x/||/xʲ/||/xʷ/||
| Nasal || /m/ || /n/ |||| ||
|-
|-
|Voiced Fricative||/v/||/ð̠/||||||||||
| Liquid || || /l/|| ||||  
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| Nasal || /m/ || /n/ |||| ||||||
|Semivowel||/w/ ||||/j/||
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| Liquid ||  || ||/l/ |||| ||||
| Approximant ||  ||  ||||/h/
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|Semivowel|| ||||||||/j/||/w/||
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| Approximant ||  ||  |||| || ||||/h/
|}
|}