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


Magellanican has a total of 15 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:
Magellanican has a total of 16 consonants which according to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is a moderately small inventory. The most striking features 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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|  ||Labial||Central Coronal||Lateral Coronal||Dorsal||Glottal
|  ||Labial||Central Coronal||Lateral Coronal||Dorsal||Glottal
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|-
|Plosive||/p/||/t/||||/k/||/ʔ
|Plosive||/p/||/t/||||/k/||/ʔ/
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|-
|Fricative||/ʍ/||/ʃ/||/ɬ/||/ç/||
|Fricative||/ʍ/||/ʃ/||/ɬ/||/ç/||
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|Liquid||||||/l/||||
|Liquid||||||/l/||||
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|-
|Approximant||/w/||/ɹ/||||/j/||
|Approximant||/w/||/ɹ/||||/j/||/h/
|}
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