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


Hyperborean has a total of 12 consonants which according to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is a small inventory. The most striking feature of the inventory is the almost total lack of phonemic fricatives and the absence of sibilants. The consonants are displayed in the table below:
Hyperborean has a total of 12 consonants which according to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is a small inventory. The most striking feature of the inventory is the total lack of phonemic fricatives. The consonants are displayed in the table below:


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| Stop||  || /t/||||/k/||/kʲ/||/kʷ/
| Stop||  || /t/||||/k/||/kʲ/||/kʷ/
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|Continuant||||/ð̠/||||/h/†||/j/||/w/
|Continuant||||/ɹ/||||/h/†||/j/||/w/
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|Nasal||/m/||/n/||||||||
|Nasal||/m/||/n/||/l/||||||
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|Liquid||||/r/||/l/||||||
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