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


Hyperborean has a total of 11 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:
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|| || /t/||||/k/||/kʲ/||/kʷ/
| Stop|| /p/ || /t/||||/k/||/kʲ/||/kʷ/
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|-
|Continuant||||/ɹ/||||/h/||/j/||/w/
|Continuant||/b/‡||/ɹ/||||/h/§||/j/||/w/
|}
|}


† 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===