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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Magellanican has a total of | Magellanican has a total of 19 consonants which according to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is an average 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: | ||
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|Fortis Plosive||/p/||/t/||||/k/|| | |Fortis Plosive||/p/||/t/||||/k/|| | ||
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|Lenis Plosive||/ | |Lenis Plosive||/w/||/ɹ/||||/j/||/h/ | ||
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|Fortis Fricative||||/ts/||/tɬ/|||| | |Fortis Fricative||||/ts/||/tɬ/|||| | ||
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|Lenis Fricative||||/s/||/ɬ/|||| | |Lenis Fricative||||/s/||/ɬ/|||| | ||
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|Fortis Nasal||/ | |Fortis Nasal||/mb/||/nd/||||/ŋɡ/|| | ||
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|Lenis Nasal||/m/||/n/||||/ŋ/|| | |Lenis Nasal||/m/||/n/||||/ŋ/|| | ||
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|Fortis Liquid|||| | |Fortis Liquid||||||/ᵈl/|||| | ||
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|Lenis Liquid|||| | |Lenis Liquid||||||/l/|||| | ||
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1) /tɬ, ɬ/ are postalveolar. All other coronals are alveolar. | 1) /tɬ, ɬ/ are postalveolar. All other coronals are alveolar. | ||
2) /h/ is derived from word-initial /*p, *t, *k/ and from | 2) /w, ɹ, j/ are derived from former /*b, *d, *ɡ/. | ||
2) /h/ is derived from former word-initial /*p, *t, *k/ and from former ntervocalic /*q, *ɢ/. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||