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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
{{PAGENAME}} used 20 consonants. Unusually for the family, it is devoid of affricates, ejectives, and lateral obstruents, possessing instead a preponderance of fricatives.
{{PAGENAME}} used 19 consonants. Unusually for the family, it is devoid of affricates, ejectives, and lateral obstruents, possessing instead a preponderance of fricatives.
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! rowspan="2" |Plosive
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
! |<small>voiceless</small>
! |<small>voiceless</small>
| '''p''' /p/
| ('''p''' /p/)
|colspan="2"| '''t''' /t/
|colspan="2"| '''t''' /t/
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;Notes
;Notes
*Voiceless plosives /t k/ are unaspirated.
*Voiceless plosives /p t k/ are unaspirated.
*/r/ is a postalveolar trill [r̠] or tap [ɾ̠].
*/r/ is a postalveolar trill [r̠] or tap [ɾ̠].
*/l/ is mildly velarized dental [l̪ˠ].
*/l/ is mildly velarized dental [l̪ˠ].
*/p/ is only found in [[Kagasa]] loans.


====Conditioned allophony====
====Conditioned allophony====