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


Common Mavortian has a total of 13 consonants which according to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is a small inventory. The most striking features of the inventory, according to WALS, are missing /p, ɡ/ and the absence of phonemic fricatives. The lack of phonemic fricatives is an areal feature of the languages of Qabre. The consonants are displayed in the table below:
Common Mavortian has a total of 15 consonants which according to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is a moderately small inventory. The most striking features of the inventory, according to WALS, are missing /p, ɡ/ and the absence of phonemic fricatives. The lack of phonemic fricatives is an areal feature of the languages of Qabre. The consonants are displayed in the table below:


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|  || Labial ||Central Alveolar||Lateral Alveolar||Postalveolar||Dorsal||Glottal
|  || Labial ||Central Alveolar||Lateral Alveolar||Postalveolar||Dorsal||Glottal
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| Voiceless Stop || || /t/||||/tʃ/||/k/||
| Voiceless Plosive || || /t/||||||/k/||
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|-
| Voiced Stop || /b/ || /d/||||/dʒ/||||
| Voiced Plosive|| /b/ || /d/||||||||
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|Voiceless Affricate||||/ts/||||/tʃ/||||
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|Voiced Affricate||||/dz/||||/dʒ/||||
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| Nasal || /m/ || /n/||/l/† ||||||
| Nasal || /m/ || /n/||/l/† ||||||