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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 / | 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 /tɬ/, 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 | | || Bilabial ||Central Alveolar||Lateral Alveolar||Palato-Alveolar||Palatal||Plain Central Velar||Labialised Central Velar||Glottal | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Voiceless Stop || || /t/||/tʃ/||||/k/||/kʷ | | Voiceless Stop || || /t/||/tɬ/||/tʃ/||||/k/||/kʷ/|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Voiced Plosive|| /b/ || /d/||/dʒ/ | | Voiced Plosive|| /b/ || /d/||||/dʒ/|||||||| | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Nasal || /m/ || /n/|||||||||| | | Nasal || /m/ || /n/||/l/†|||||||||||| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Approximant||||||||/j/||||/w/ | |Approximant||||||||||/j/||||/w/||/h/ | ||
|} | |} | ||
† / | † /l/ is not phonetically a nasal but patterns with them. | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||