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


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:
Common Mavortian has a total of 14 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:


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| Nasal || /m/ || /n/||/l/†|| ||||||
| Nasal || /m/ || /n/||/l/†|| ||||||
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|Approximant||/w/||||||||/ɹ̠/||/j/||
|Semivowel||/w/||||||||||/j/||
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|-
|Transition||||||||||||||/h/
|Transition||||||||||||||/h/
|}
|}


† Although not phonetically a nasal, /l/ patterns the same as nasals in Common Mavortian
† Although not phonetically a nasal, /l/ patterns the same as nasals in Common Mavortian.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===