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===Consonants===
===Consonants===
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! style="width: 68px; " |Bilabial
! style="width: 68px; " |Dental
! style="width: 68px; " |Alveolar
! style="width: 68px; " |Post-alveolar
! style="width: 68px; " |Palatal
! style="width: 68px; " |Velar
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! style="" |Nasal
| m
|colspan="3" style="text-align: center;"| n
| ñ [ɲ]
| ŋ
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! style="" |Stop
| p
| t
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| c
| k
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! style="" |Fricative
| w [β]
| þ [θ]
| s
| x [ʃ]
| j [ç]
| h [x]
|-
! style="" |Affricate
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! style="" |Approximant
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! style="" |Lateral
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|colspan="3" style="text-align: center;"| l
| λ [ʎ]
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According to the Kēleñi, there are five stops (''ansāorīki anpōhi''). These are /p/, /t/, /s/, /c/, /k/. These are all unaspirated and voiceless. They become voiced between vowels and/or sonorants. They stay voiceless at the beginning and end of words, or next to another stop or fricative. /p/ is pronounced like the Spanish /p/, /t/ like the Spanish /t/. /s/ is nowadays pronounced like English /s/, but used to be like German /z/ or /ts/. This pronunciation is still found in some dialects. /c/ is a palatal stop, and can be mispronounced as English /ch/ without any misunderstanding. /k/ is like Spanish /c/ in /ca/ or /co/.
According to the Kēleñi, there are five stops (''ansāorīki anpōhi''). These are /p/, /t/, /s/, /c/, /k/. These are all unaspirated and voiceless. They become voiced between vowels and/or sonorants. They stay voiceless at the beginning and end of words, or next to another stop or fricative. /p/ is pronounced like the Spanish /p/, /t/ like the Spanish /t/. /s/ is nowadays pronounced like English /s/, but used to be like German /z/ or /ts/. This pronunciation is still found in some dialects. /c/ is a palatal stop, and can be mispronounced as English /ch/ without any misunderstanding. /k/ is like Spanish /c/ in /ca/ or /co/.


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