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Table notes:
Table notes:
# The {{IPA|/pʰ/}} phoneme is mostly a invention of Dundulanyä grammarians to preserve symmetry in stops; it has a separate letter in the script, but as a phoneme it is only found in the name of the letter itself and in a few words of onomatopoeic origin; the vast majority of contemporary speakers merge it with {{IPA|/ɸ~f/}}.
# The {{IPA|/pʰ/}} phoneme is mostly a invention of Dundulanyä grammarians to preserve symmetry in stops; it has a separate letter in the script, but as a phoneme it is only found in the name of the letter itself and in a few words of onomatopoeic origin; the vast majority of contemporary speakers merge it with {{IPA|/ɸ~f/}}.
# In the contemporary spoken language, {{IPA|/ɖ/}} and {{IPA|/ɖʱ/}} are generally represented by the stop realizations, but except when adjacent to another consonant they are most commonly realized as any of {{IPA|[ɽ(ʱ) ɭ(ʱ) ɻ(ʱ)]}} depending on the geographical origin of the speaker, realizations which are influenced by the historical development of Classical Dundulanyä {{IPA|/ɖ ɖʱ/}} in the modern vernaculars.
# {{IPA|/ɖ/}} and {{IPA|/ɖʱ/}} are generally represented by the stop realizations, however, in the contemporary spoken language, except when adjacent to another consonant they are most commonly realized as any of {{IPA|[ɽ(ʱ) ɭ(ʱ) ɻ(ʱ)]}} depending on the geographical origin of the speaker, realizations which are influenced by the historical development of Classical Dundulanyä {{IPA|/ɖ ɖʱ/}} in the modern vernaculars.


With the partial exception of {{IPA|/ħ/}} and {{IPA|/ʀ/}}, words may only end in soft consonants and/or clusters of an approximant followed by a single soft stop or fricative.
With the partial exception of {{IPA|/ħ/}} and {{IPA|/ʀ/}}, words may only end in soft consonants and/or clusters of an approximant followed by a single soft stop or fricative.
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