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|Plosive || /p/ || /t/|| || /k/ | |Plosive || /p/ || /t/|| || /k/ | ||
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|Fricative|| || / | |Fricative|| || ||/ɬ/||| | ||
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| Nasal || /m/|| /n/|||| /ŋ/ | | Nasal || /m/|| /n/|||| /ŋ/ | ||
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1. All coronals are alveolar except /ɹ/ which is postalveolar. | 1. All coronals are alveolar except /ɹ/ which is postalveolar. | ||
2. Jakvalat has 11 consonants which, according to the World Atlas of Language Structures, is a small inventory. The most notable features, according to WALs, are an initial velar nasal and | 2. Jakvalat has 11 consonants which, according to the World Atlas of Language Structures, is a small inventory. The most notable features, according to WALs, are the presence of an initial velar nasal, a lateral obstruent and a TH-fricative. | ||
====Vowels==== | ====Vowels==== | ||