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The Takkenit consonant inventory is very simple. The most interesting feature of it is a complete lack of any fricatives. Geminated consonants, which are represented with double letters (like '''tt''', or '''kk''') can be analyzed as a sequence of two same sounds. The consonants [n] and [t] are more often dental while [l] is more often alveolar and [r] is always alveolar, that's why '''t''' near '''[r]''' is also always alveolar, like in English, but near '''[n]''' it is always dental, like in Spanish or other non-Germanic languages. The [j] sound can palatalize a preceding consonant but this palatalization is not phonemic and occures only before this sound and [i]. In South-East dialects [t] turns into [t͡s] or [t͡ʃ] before these two sounds. If stop consonant is in a coda position (more often when it comes before another consonant from the next syllable, less often but also quite frequently at the end of words) then it is pronounced without any burst, meaning it is unreleased (in IPA denoted as '''[p̚]''', '''[t̚]''', '''[k̚]''') For example even the language name has such a consonant: [ˈtɑ.kːən.ˌkik̚.lə].