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===Consonants===

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 ~~Qobire~~. The consonants are displayed in the table below:

Common Minervan has a total of 11 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 Irhobre. The consonants are displayed in the table below:

{| class="wikitable"

|-

| || Labial ||Central ~~Alveolar~~||Lateral ~~Alveolar~~||~~Palato-Velar||Velar~~||Glottal

| || Labial ||Central Coronal||Lateral Coronal||Dorsal||Glottal

|-

| Voiceless Stop || || /t/||~~/tɬ/†||/kç/†~~||/k/||

| Voiceless Stop || || /t/||||/k/||

|-

| Voiced Stop|| /b/ || /d/||~~/dɮ/†||/ɡʝ/†~~||||

| Voiced Stop|| /b/ || /d/||||||

|-

| Nasal || /m/ || /n/~~||/l/††~~||||||

| Nasal || /m/ || /n/||||||

|-

|~~Approximant~~||/w/||/ɹ/||~~||/j/‡~~||||

|Liquid||||/ɹ̠/||/l/||||||

|-

|~~Transition~~||||||||||||/h/

|Approximant||/w/||||||/j/||

|-

|Transition||||||||/h/

|}

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 ===Consonants===
-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 Qobire. The consonants are displayed in the table below:
+Common Minervan has a total of 11 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 Irhobre. The consonants are displayed in the table below:
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
-|  || Labial ||Central Alveolar||Lateral Alveolar||Palato-Velar||Velar||Glottal
+|  || Labial ||Central Coronal||Lateral Coronal||Dorsal||Glottal
 |-
-| Voiceless Stop || || /t/||/tɬ/†||/kç/†||/k/||
+| Voiceless Stop || || /t/||||/k/||
 |-
-| Voiced Stop|| /b/ || /d/||/dɮ/†||/ɡʝ/†||||
+| Voiced Stop|| /b/ || /d/||||||
 |-
-| Nasal || /m/ || /n/||/l/††||||||
+| Nasal || /m/ || /n/||||||
 |-
-|Approximant||/w/||/ɹ/||||/j/‡||||
+|Liquid||||/ɹ̠/||/l/||||||
 |-
-|Transition||||||||||||/h/
+|Approximant||/w/||||||/j/||
+|-
+|Transition||||||||/h/
 |}