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→‎Consonants: Allophones of /x/
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(→‎Consonants: Allophones of /x/)
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| Voiced Fricative || || || || z || zˤ || zʷ || ʑ || || || || || || || ||
| Voiced Fricative || || || || z || zˤ || zʷ || ʑ || || || || || || || ||
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| Voiceless Fricative || f || fʲ || fˤ || s || sˤ || sʷ || ɕ || ʂ || ç ~ ɬ || x ~ χ ~ ħ ~ h || || || || ||
| Voiceless Fricative || f || fʲ || fˤ || s || sˤ || sʷ || ɕ || ʂ || ç ~ ɬ || x ~ ~ ħ ~ h || || || || ||
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| Flap / Trill || || || || || || || ɾʲ || ɽ ||  || || ʀ || || || ʀʷ ~ ⱱ ||  
| Flap / Trill || || || || || || || ɾʲ || ɽ ||  || || ʀ || || || ʀʷ ~ ⱱ ||  
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Velar nasals /ŋ/ and /ŋʷ/ cannot occur word initially.
Velar nasals /ŋ/ and /ŋʷ/ cannot occur word initially.


/x/ is pronounced [χ] word initially. A small number of speakers pronounce it as [ħ] or [h].


===Stress and Tone===
===Stress and Tone===