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


Hesperian has a total of 17 consonants which accordinɡ to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is a moderately small inventory. The most strikinɡ feature of the inventory is the absence of phonemic fricatives. The consonants are displayed in the table below:
Hesperian has a total of 16 consonants which accordinɡ to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is a moderately small inventory. The most strikinɡ feature of the inventory is the absence of phonemic fricatives. The consonants are displayed in the table below:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|  || Bilabial || Alveolar||Postalveolar||Palatal||Plain Velar||Labialised Velar||Glottal
|  || Labial || Alveolar||Postalveolar|| Velar||Glottal
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| Voiceless Plosive |||| /t/|||||| /k/||||
| Voiceless Plosive |||| /t/||||/k/||
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|Voiced Plosive||/b/||/d/||||||||||
|Voiced Plosive||/b/||/d/||||||
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|Voiceless Affricate||||||/tʃ/||||||||
|Voiceless Affricate||||/ts/||/tʃ/||||
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|Voiced Affricate||||||/dʒ/||||||||
|Voiced Affricate||||/dz/||/dʒ/|||||
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|Nasal||/m/||/n/||||||||||
|Fricative||||/ɬ/||||||||/h/
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|Voiceless Liquid||||/{{IPA|ᵗɹ}}/||||||/{{IPA|ᵏʟ}}/||||
|Nasal||/m/||/n/||||||
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| Voiced Liquid || ||/{{IPA|ᵈɹ}}/ ||||||/{{IPA|ᶢʟ}}/||||
|Liquid||||/l/||/ɹ/||||
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|Voiceless Semivowel||||||||/{{IPA|ᶜj}}/||||/{{IPA|ᵏw}}/||
| Semivowel|| /w/ || ||/j/ ||||
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| Voiced Semivowel || || || ||/{{IPA|ᶡj}}/||||/{{IPA|ᶢ}}w/||
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|Approximant||||||||||||||/h/
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