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 Like Thangha', there are many consonants which contrast secondary articulations, which affect the quality of adjacent vowels. Additionally, Seggeynni is characterised by an underlying simple syllable structure at the phonemic level, however many speakers "drop" vowels, so that consonant clusters are heard in the spoekn language. For example, phonemically the name of the language is /ˈséʕkə̀jə̀nə̀jə̀/, but, except when speaking extremely carefully, most speakers pronounce it as [ˈséɠə̀iɲːì].
 ==Phonology==
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 !  !! Labial !! Pal. Labial !! Dental / Alveolar !! Lab. Dental !! Alveolo-Palatal !! Retroflex !! Palatal !! Velar !! Uvular !! Lab. Palatal !! Lab. Velar !! Lab. Uvular !! Glottal
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-| Nasal || m || mʲ ~ mj || n || nʷ ~ nw || || || ɲ ~ nj || (ŋ) ||  || (ɲʷ) || (ŋʷ) || ||
+| Nasal || m || mʲ || n || nʷ || || || ɲ  || (ŋ) ||  || (ɲʷ) || (ŋʷ) || ||
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-| Voiced Stop / Affricate || b || bʲ ~ bj || d || dʷ ~ dw || dʑ || (ɖ) || ɟ ~ gj || g || || (ɟʷ ~ gɥ) || gʷ ~ gw ~ gb || ||
+| Voiced Stop || b || bʲ || d || dʷ || || || ɟ || g || || (ɟʷ) || gʷ ~ gb || ||
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-| Voiceless Stop / Affricate || p || pʲ ~ pj || t || tʷ ~ tw || tɕ || ʈ || c ~ kj || k || q || (cʷ ~ kɥ) || kʷ ~ kw ~ kp || qʷ ~ kf ~ qp || ʔ
+| Voiceless Stop || p || pʲ || t || tʷ ||  || || c || k || || (cʷ) || kʷ kp || || ʔ
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-| "Aspirated" Stop / Affricate|| pˤ ~ pʰ || || tˤ ~ θˤ ~ θ ~ tsˤ~ sˤ ~ tʰ ~ tsʰ ~ ts|| || || || cç ~ kɕ ~ ks || || || || || ||
+| Voiced Sibilant Affricate || || ||  || || dʑ || || || || || || || ||
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-| Voiced Fricative |||| || z || zʷ ~ zw || ʑ || || || || || || || ||
+| Voiceless Sibilant Affricate || || || || || tɕ || ||  || || || || || ||
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-| Voiceless Fricative || f|| fʲ ~ fj || s || sʷ ~ sw || ɕ || ʂ || ç ~ ɬ || x ~ χ ~ ħ ~ h || || (çʷ ~ ɸʲ) || xʷ ~ χʷ ~ ʍ ~ ɸ|| ||
+| Spirant Affricate || || || tθ || || || ʈʂ || || || || || || ||
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-| Aspirated Fricative |||| || sˤ ~ sʰ || || || || || || || || || ||
+| Voiced Sibilant Fricative |||| || z || zʷ ~ zw || ʑ || || || || || || || ||
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+| Voiceless Sibilant Fricative || ||  || s || sʷ ~ sw || ɕ ||  ||  || || || || || ||
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+| Spirant Fricative || f || fʲ || || || || ʂ || ç ~ ɬ || || χ ~ x || || || ||
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 | Flap / Trill || ⱱ ~ ʀʷ || ⱱʲ || || || ɾʲ || ɽ ||  || || (ʀ) || || || ||
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-| Lateral || ||  || || || || || ʎ || || ɫ || (ʎʷ) || || ɫʷ ~ ɫw ||
+| Lateral || ||  || || || || || ʎ || || ɫ || (ʎʷ) || || ɫʷ ||
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 | Semivowel || || || || ||  || || j || || || ɥ || w || ||
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+* Velar nasals cannot occur word initially.
-* The velar nasal /ŋ/ cannot occur word initially.
 * Except for /ɥ/, labialised palatal consonants such as /cʷ/ are rare. They only occur in loanwords. Before front vowels, most speakers merge them with labialised velar consonants, and before back vowels, most speakers merge them with plain palatal consonants.
-* Retroflex /ɖ/ is only found in loanwords. Many speakers merge it into /d/.
 * /ʀ/ is only found in loanwords. Many speakers merge it into /ɽ/.
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 * Labialised labial consonants /mʷ/, /bʷ/, /pʷ/ (and sometimes /fʷ/~/ɸ/) occur as separate phonemes in a few dialects. But most dialects have merged these with the plain labials.
-* Some dialects merge /xʷ/ into /f/ (or /ɸ/ in one dialect that treats this as a distinct phoneme to /f/).
 ===Phonotactics===