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Common Minervan has a total of | Common Minervan 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/, the presence of lateral obstruents and the absence of phonemic fricatives. The lack of phonemic fricatives is an areal feature of the languages of Qobide. The consonants are displayed in the table below: | ||
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| Nasal || /m/ || /n/||/l/††|||||| | | Nasal || /m/ || /n/||/l/††|||||| | ||
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|Semivowel||/w/||||||/j/‡|||| | |Semivowel||/w/||/ɹ/||||/j/‡|||| | ||
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|Transition||||||||||||/h/ | |Transition||||||||||||/h/ | ||