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


Magellanican 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 presence of a lateral obstruent and an initial velar nasal as well as the lack of phonemic fricatives. The consonants are displayed in the table below:
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"
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|  ||Labial||Alveolar||Lateral Alveolar||Dorsal||Lateral Dorsal
|  ||Labial||Alveolar||Dorsal||Glottal
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|Stop||/p/||/t/||/tɬ/||/k/||/kʟ̝̊/
|Stop||/p/||/t/||/k/||/ʔ/
|-
|-
|Continuant||/w/||/ɹ/||/l/||/j/||/ᶢʟ/
|Continuant||/w/||/ɹ/||/j/||/h/
|-
|Sibilant||||/s/||/ʃ/||
|-
|-
|Nasal||/m/||/n/||||/ŋ/||
|Nasal||/m/||/n/||||/ŋ/||
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|Liquid||||/l/||||
|}
|}