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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Common Minervan has a total of | Common Minervan has a total of 12 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" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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| || Labial ||Central Coronal||Lateral Coronal||Dorsal||Glottal | | || Labial ||Central Coronal||Lateral Coronal||Dorsal||Uvular||Glottal | ||
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| Voiceless Plosive || || /t/||||/k/|| | | Voiceless Plosive || || /t/||||/k/||/q{{IPA|ꭓ}}|| | ||
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| Voiced Plosive|| /b/ || /d/|||||| | | Voiced Plosive|| /b/ || /d/|||||||| | ||
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| Nasal || /m/ || /n/|||||| | | Nasal || /m/ || /n/|||||||| | ||
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|Liquid||||/ɹ̠/||/l/|||| | |Liquid||||/ɹ̠/||/l/|||||| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Approximant||/w/||||||/j/|| | |Approximant||/w/||||||/j/|||| | ||
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|Transition||||||||||/h/ | |Transition||||||||||||/h/ | ||
|} | |} | ||