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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Magellanican 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, are the presence of a lateral obstruent and the initial velar nasal | Magellanican 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, are the presence of a lateral obstruent and the initial velar nasal. The consonants are displayed in the table below: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ||Labial|| | | ||Labial||Coronal||Dorsal||Glottal | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Stop||/p/||/t/||||/k/||/ʔ/ | |Stop||/p/||/t/||||/k/||/ʔ/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Fricative|| | |Fricative||||s||x|| | ||
|- | |||
|Nasal||/m/||/n/||||/ŋ/|| | |Nasal||/m/||/n/||||/ŋ/|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Liquid|| | |Liquid||||/l/|||| | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Semivowel||/w/||||||/j/|| | |Semivowel||/w/||||||/j/|| | ||
|} | |} | ||