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


Common Minervan 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/, the presence of /kʟ̝̊/,  and the absence of /l/ and phonemic fricatives. The lack of phonemic fricatives is an areal feature of the languages of Xobde. The consonants are displayed in the table below:
Common Minervan 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/, the presence of //,  and the absence of phonemic fricatives. The lack of phonemic fricatives is an areal feature of the languages of Xobde. The consonants are displayed in the table below:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-oo
|-oo
|  || Bilabial || Alveolar||Palato-Alveolar||Palatal||Plain Central Velar||Labialised Central Velar||Lateral Velar||Glottal
|  || Bilabial ||Central Alveolar||Lateral Alveolar||Palato-Alveolar||Palatal||Plain Central Velar||Labialised Central Velar||Glottal
|-
|-
| Voiceless Stop || || /t/||/tʃ/||||/k/||/kʷ/||/kʟ̝̊/||
| Voiceless Stop || || /t/||/tɬ/||/tʃ/||||/k/||/kʷ/||
|-
|-
| Voiced Plosive|| /b/ || /d/||/dʒ/||||||||||
| Voiced Plosive|| /b/ || /d/||||/dʒ/||||||||
|-
|-
| Nasal || /m/ || /n/||||||||||/ɡʟ/†||||
| Nasal || /m/ || /n/||/l/†||||||||||||
|-
|-
|Approximant||||||||/j/||||/w/||||/h/
|Approximant||||||||||/j/||||/w/||/h/
|}
|}


† /ɡʟ/ is not phonetically a nasal but patterns with them.
† /l/ is not phonetically a nasal but patterns with them.


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