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===Consonants===
===Consonants===


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|| ||Labial||Bilabial||Dental||Alveolar||Retroflex||Palatal||Velar||Uvular||Glottal
|+ '''Elithoan Celinese Consonantal Inventory'''
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|| Bilabial || Labiodental || Dental || Alveolar || Retroflex || Palatal || Velar || Uvular || Glottal
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||Voiceless plosives||'''p'''|| || || '''t'''|| || || '''c'''|| || ||
! Nasal
| m
| n
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|  
|  
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| (ŋ)
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||Voiced plosives|| '''b'''|| || || '''d'''|| || || '''g*'''|| || ||
! Plosive
| p b  
|  
|  
| t d
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|  
| k g
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||Flap|| || || || '''r*'''||
! Fricative
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| f (v)
| θ ð
| s
| (ʂ) (ʐ)
| (ç)
| (x)
| χ
| h
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||Voiceless fricatives|| ||'''f*'''||'''th'''||'''s*'''||'''s*'''||'''g*'''|| ||'''ch'''||'''h'''||'''
! Approximant
| w
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|  
|
|
| j
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||Voiced fricatives|| ||'''f*'''||'''ð'''|| ||'''r*'''|| || || || ||
! Flap or tap
|  
|  
|
| ɾ
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|  
|  
|  
|  
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||Approximant||'''w'''|| || || || || ||'''y/i'''||
! Lateral Approximant  
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||Lateral approximant|| || || ||'''l'''||
|  
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| l
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* <f> is pronounced [f], except intervocally, where it is [v]. In some dialects, it is also pronounced [v] in final position
'''Orthographical notes'''
* <r> is pronounced [ɾ], except in word-final position, where it becomes [ʐ] in Periso-Ioðinbêr Celinese
 
* [k] is written uniformly as <c> and [χ] as <ch>. [j] is typically written as <i>, but sometimes as <y>. [θ] is written <th>.
* <f> is pronounced [f], except intervocally, where it is [v]. In most dialects, it is also pronounced [v], or vocalised as [u̯] in final position in most words.
* <r> is pronounced [ɾ], except in word-final position, where it becomes [ʐ] in the Perís-Ioðinbêr acrolect.
* <nowiki><s></nowiki> is pronounced [s], except in front of <é> and <í>, where it is instead pronounced [ʂ]
* <nowiki><s></nowiki> is pronounced [s], except in front of <é> and <í>, where it is instead pronounced [ʂ]
* <g> is pronounced [g], except in word-final position, where it is pronounced [ç]
* <g> is pronounced [g], except in word-final position, where it is pronounced [ç]
* <ch> [χ] is in free variation with [x]. [ɾ] is also often pronounced as [r].


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
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