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| ==Phonology== | | ==Phonology== |
| === Consonants ===
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| Nankôre has a small inventory of consonants, only fourteen in number. Noteworthy is the paucity of voiced consonants which contributes to the limited number of consonants in the Nankôre language. The following table contains the entire consonantal inventory:
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| !Bilabial
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| !Dental
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| !Alveolar
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| !Apical
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| !Post-alveolar
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| !Palatal
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| !Velar
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| !Glottal
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| ! style=""| Nasal
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| | m
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| ! style=""| Stop
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| | p
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| | t
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| | k
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| | ʔ
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| ! style=""| Affricate
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| | ͡tʃ
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| ! style=""| Fricative
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| | s
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| | ʃ
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| ! style="" |Approximant
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| ! style=""| Flap
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| ===Vowels=== | | ===Vowels=== |
| {{Nankore_Vowels_IPA}} | | {{Nankore_Vowels_IPA}} |