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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Hesperian has a total of | Hesperian has a total of 12 consonants which accordinɡ to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is a small inventory. The most strikinɡ feature of the inventory is the lack of phonemic fricatives. The consonants are displayed in the table below: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| || Labial || | | || Labial || Alveolar || Postalveolar||Dorsal || Glottal | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Voiceless Plosive || || /t/ || /k/ || | | Voiceless Plosive || || /t/ ||/tʃ/|| /k/ || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Voiced Plosive || /b/ || /d/ || | | Voiced Plosive || /b/ || /d/ || /dʒ/|| || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Nasal || /m/ || /n/ || | | Nasal || /m/ || /n/ || || || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Liquid || || /l/ || | | Liquid || || /l/ || || || | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Semivowel|| /w/||||/j/|| | |Semivowel|| /w/||||||/j/|| | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Approximant || || || || /h/ | | Approximant || || || || /h/ | ||