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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Hyperborean has a total of | Hyperborean has a total of 13 consonants which according to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is a small inventory. The most striking feature of the inventory, according to WALS, is the lack of phonemic fricatives. The consonants are displayed in the table below: | ||
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| Nasal ||/m/ || /n/||/l/†|||||| | | Nasal ||/m/ || /n/||/l/†|||||| | ||
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| Stop|| | | Stop|| /p/ || /t/||||/k/||/kʲ/||/kʷ/ | ||
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|Continuant||||/ɹ/||||/h/ | |Continuant||/b/‡||/ɹ/||||/h/§||/j/||/w/ | ||
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† While not phonetically a nasal, /l/ patterns phonologically with them | † While not phonetically a nasal, /l/ patterns phonologically with them | ||
‡ While not phonetically a plain velar /h/ patterns phonologically with /k/ | ‡ While not phonetically a continuant, /b/ patterns with them | ||
§ While not phonetically a plain velar /h/ patterns phonologically with /k/ | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||