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{| class="wikitable"  style="display: inline-table;"
|+caption | Late consonant phonemes
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! rowspan="2" | Labial
! colspan="3" | Coronal
! rowspan="2" | Palatal
! colspan="2" | Velar
! colspan="2" | Uvular
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! <small> dental <small>
! <small> lateral <small>
! <small> post-<br>alveolar <small>
! <small> plain <small>
! <small> labial <small>
! <small> plain <small>
! <small> labial <small>
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! colspan="2" | Nasal
| m<br>/m/
| n<br>/n/
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| ñ<br>/ɲ~j̃/
| colspan="2" | (/ŋ/)
| colspan="2" | (/ɴ/)
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! rowspan="2" | Stop
! <small> voiceless <small>
| p<br>/p/
| t<br>/t̪/
| tl<br>/tɬ/
| tz<br>/ts̠/
| cz<br>/c/
| c<br>/k/
| cu<br>/kʷ/
| rowspan="2" | q<br>/q ~ ɢ/
| rowspan="2" | qu<br>/qʷ ~ ɢʷ/
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! <small> voiced <small>
| v ~ b<br>/b/
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| g<br>/g/
| gu<br>/gʷ/
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! colspan="2" | Fricative
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====Notes on consonants====
====Notes on consonants====
*The sequence /ks/ is written in the romanisation as ''x''.
*The sequence /ks/ is written in the romanisation as ''x''.
*The voiced fricatives /ð/ and /ɣ/ often have approximate realisation closer to [ð̞] and [ɰ].
*The voiceless stops are aspirated alophonically in the onset of stressed syllables.  
*The voiceless stops are aspirated alophonically in the onset of stressed syllables.  
*The nasal consonant /n/ assimilates to the place of articulation of the following stop, so that /nkʰ/ or /nqʷʰ/ for example become /ŋkʰ/ and /ɴʷqʷʰ/.  Before fricatives, /n/ is deleted, and the proceeding vowel is lengthened and nasalised.  These processes apply between word boundries as well.  Word final /n/ as part of case and personal markers is elided before a word starting with a vowel, fricative, approximate, or before a [[w:Pausa|pausa]].
*The nasal consonant /n/ assimilates to the place of articulation of the following stop, so that /nkʰ/ or /nqʷʰ/ for example become /ŋkʰ/ and /ɴʷqʷʰ/.  Before fricatives, /n/ is deleted, and the proceeding vowel is lengthened and nasalised.  These processes apply between word boundries as well.  Word final /n/ as part of case and personal markers is elided before a word starting with a vowel, fricative, approximate, or before a [[w:Pausa|pausa]].  It often served as a [[w:Shibboleth|shibboleth]] for discerning one's origins or social circles.
*The phoneme /ɣ/ has the greatest variance of all Aeranid phonemes, varying between dialects and even between individual speakers from [ɰ~ɣ~ʁ~ʀ~ɢ~ʕ~ɦ~Ø].  It often served as a [[w:Shibboleth|shibboleth]] for discerning one's origins or social circles.
*The velar, labio-velar, and labio-uvular consonants /k/, /kʷ/, /q/, and // are palatalised before front vowels and /j/ to [k̟], [kᶣ], [k̠] and [k̠ᶣ] respectively.  Futhermore, dental consonants /n/ and /t/ are palatalised before /j/ to [ɲ̟], and [tʲ].  The glottal fricative /h/ is also palatalised to [ç] before high front vowels and /j/.  Some dialects also palatalise the postalveolar consonants /s/ and /ts/ to [ɕ] and [] before front vowels and /j/.
*The velar, labio-velar, and labio-uvular consonants /kʰ/, /k/, /kʷʰ/, /kʷ/, //, and /qʷʰ/ are palatalised before front vowels and /j/ to [k̟ʰ], [k̟], [kᶣʰ], [kᶣ], [k̠] and [k̠ᶣʰ] respectively.  Futhermore, dental consonants /n/, /tʰ/, and /t/ are palatalised before /j/ to [ɲ̟], [tʲʰ], and [tʲ].  The glottal fricative /h/ is also palatalised to [ç] before high front vowels and /j/.  Some dialects also palatalise the postalveolar consonants // and /ts̠ʰ/ to [ɕ] and [tɕʰ] before front vowels and /j/.  In dialects were /ɣ/ is velar, it is often palatalised to [ʝ] in the same enviorments as the other velar consonants.
*The labialised consonants /kʷ/, and // are pronounced as truly labialised, rather than a sequence of two consonants, i.e. /kw/, /qw/.  The voiced labiovelar stop only occurs after a nasal consonant.
*The labialised consonants /kʷʰ/, /kʷ/, and /qʷʰ/ are pronounced as truly labialised, rather than a sequence of two consonants, i.e. /kʰw/, /kw/, /qʰw/.  The voiced labiovelar stop only occurs after a nasal consonant.
*All consonants, with the exception of /ʋ/, can be geminated between vowels.  This is denoted orthographically by doubling of the first letter of the phoneme, i.e. ⟨cc⟩, ⟨ff⟩, ⟨hh⟩, etc.  The palatal approximate /j/ is always geminated to [jː] between vowels, but is written with a simple ⟨i⟩.  Fricative /hː/ is usually realised as [çː].  In dialects that palatalise /s/ and /ts/, [çː] often becomes [ɕː], merging in some environments with //.
*All consonants, with the exception of /ʋ/, can be geminated between vowels.  This is denoted orthographically by doubling of the first letter of the phoneme, i.e. ⟨cc⟩, ⟨ff⟩, ⟨rrh⟩, etc.  The palatal approximate /j/ is always geminated to [jː] between vowels, but is written with a simple ⟨i⟩.  Fricative /hː/ is usually realised as [çː], however in dialects with uvular or pharyngeal articulation of /ɣ/, it is usually backed to match that articulation.  In dialects that palatalise // and /ts̠ʰ/, [çː] often becomes [ɕː], merging in some environments with /s̠ː/.
*The lateral approximate /l/ has two allophones in Classical Aeranir; [l] before close front vowels, /j/, and when geminated, and [ɫ] elsewhere.
*The lateral approximate /l/ has two allophones in Classical Aeranir; [l] before close front vowels, /j/, and when geminated, and [ɫ] elsewhere.
*The affricate /ts̠ʰ/ is in most cases pronounced less retracted than fricative /s̠/, and may be closer to a purely alveolar [tsʰ].
*The fricative /s/ is often pronounced further back in the mouth, closer to [].


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