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


Northlandic has a total of 23 consonants which according to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is an average inventory. The most striking feature of the inventory, according to WALS, is the presence of non-sibilant coronal fricatives (ie: th-sounds). The consonants are displayed in the table below:
Northlandic has a total of 25 consonants which according to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is an average inventory. The most striking feature of the inventory, according to WALS, is the presence of a lateral obstruent and non-sibilant coronal fricatives (th-sounds). Also unusual are the presence of voiceless nasals. The consonants are displayed in the table below:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-oo
|-oo
|  || Labial ||Alveolar||Postalveolar||Palatal||Plain Velar||Labialised Velar||Glottal
|  || Labial ||Alveolar||Retroflex||Palatal||Plain Velar||Labialised Velar||Glottal
|-
|-
| Voiceless Stop ||/p/ || /t/|| ||||/k/||||
| Voiceless Stop ||/p/ || /t/|| ||||/k/||||
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|Voiced Fricative||/v/||/ð̠/||||||/ɣ/||||
|Voiced Fricative||/v/||/ð̠/||||||/ɣ/||||
|-
|-
| Nasal || /m/ ||/n/|| ||||||||
| Voiced Nasal || /m/ ||/n/|| ||||||||
|-
|-
|Voiced Liquid||||/l/||/ɹ̠/||||||||
|Voiceless Nasal||/m̥/||//||||||||||
|-
|-
|Voiceless Liquid||||/ɬ/†||/ʃ/†||||||||
|Voiced Liquid||||/l/||/ɻ/||||||||
|-
|Voiceless Liquid||||/ɬ/†||/ʂ/†||||||||
|-
|-
|Voiced Semivowel||||||||/j/||||/w/|||
|Voiced Semivowel||||||||/j/||||/w/|||
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†While not phonetically liquids, /ɬ, ʃ/ pattern with them
†While not phonetically liquids, /ɬ, ʂ/ pattern with them


‡While not phonetically semivowels, /ç, xʷ/ pattern with them
‡While not phonetically semivowels, /ç, xʷ/ pattern with them