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!  style="width: 68px; "|Bilabial
!  style="width: 68px; "|Labio-dental
!  style="width: 68px; "|Dental
!  style="width: 68px; "|Alveolar
!  style="width: 68px; "|Retroflex
!  style="width: 68px; "|Palatal
!  style="width: 68px; "|Velar
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! style="text-align: center; "|Nasal
| m
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| n
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! style="text-align: center; "|Plosive
| p b
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| t d, tʲ dʲ
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| k g
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! style="text-align: center; "|Fricative
| ɸ β
| f v
| θ ð
| s
| ʂ ʐ
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| x
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! style="text-align: center; "|Approximant
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| j
| w
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! style="text-align: center; "|Flap or tap
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| ɾ
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! style="text-align: center; "|Lateral fric.
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| ɬ ɮ
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! style="text-align: center; "|Lateral app.
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| l
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* Under gemination, /g/ undergoes lenition to /ɣ/ such that the segment /g.g/ -> /ɣː/, i.e., /gː/ does not occur.
* There exists phonemic distinction between pure alveolar plosives /t, d/ and palatalized alveolar plosives /tʲ, dʲ/. However, the palatalized forms /tʲ, dʲ/ may be realized as the alveolar affricates [t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ]


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
There are a number of 7 non-nasal, non-diphthong vowels in Adwan.  
There are a number of 7 non-nasal, non-diphthong vowels in Adwan.  
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