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! Plosive
! Plosive
| p b || || t d || || k g || || q<ref>Variation of /k/ found in some Western dialects.</ref>||
| p b || || t d || || k g || || ||
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! Nasal
! Nasal
| m || (ɱ) || n || || ŋ || ɲ || ɴ<ref>Variation of /ŋ/ in final position found in some Yav-Yanach dialects.</ref> ||
| m || (ɱ) || n || || ŋ || ɲ || ||
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! Tap or flap/Trill
! Tap or flap/Trill
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! Fricative
! Fricative
| || f v || s z || ʃ || x ɣ<ref>Eastern pronunciation of /x/.</ref> || ç || ʁ || h
| || f v || s z || ʃ || x || (ç) || ʁ || h
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! (Lateral) Approximant
! (Lateral) Approximant
| w || || l || || ɫ || || ||
| w || || l || || ɫ || || ||
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/ç/ is an allophone of /x/ before monophthong /i/ or /e/(/xi/ > /çi/, but /xei/ doesn't become */çei/). In Eastern dialects, /x/ merges with /ʁ/ in intervocalic positions, and thus may sometimes be pronounced [χ].
====Palatalisation & labialisation====
====Palatalisation & labialisation====
When a plosive is followed by a front close or near-front near-close vowel, the plosive palatalises, as so:<br>
When a plosive is followed by a front close or near-front near-close vowel, the plosive palatalises, as so:<br>
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