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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Magellanican has a total of | Magellanican has a total of 14 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 presence of an initial velar nasal. The consonants are displayed in the table below: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ||Labial|| | | ||Labial||Alveolar||Dorsal||Glottal | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Stop||/p/||/t | |Stop||/p/||/t/||/k/||/ʔ/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Continuant||/w/||/ɹ/||/ | |Continuant||/w/||/ɹ/||/j/||/h/ | ||
|- | |||
|Sibilant||||/s/||/ʃ/|| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|Nasal||/m/||/n/||||/ŋ/|| | |Nasal||/m/||/n/||||/ŋ/|| | ||
|- | |||
|Liquid||||/l/|||| | |||
|} | |} | ||