Sesamic languages
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Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Lateral | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |||
| voiced | b | d | g | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ś | h | |||
| voiced | z | ź | |||||
| Affricate | voiceless | c | ć | ||||
| voiced | ʒ | ʒ́ | |||||
| Trill | r | ||||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | ||||
Allowed geminates are pp tt cc ćć kk qq mm nn ll rr
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i | ii | y | yy | u | uu |
| Mid | e | ee | ə | o | oo | |
| Open | a | aa | ||||