Appendix:World/Laefevian phonology
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This article details the phonology of the Laefevian language. It has a relatively large number of vowels and is notable for having a voicing contrast in almost all of its consonants.
Consonants
There are 33 generally recognised consonants in Laefevian. The exact number, however, depends on the analysis in question.
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
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Nasal | m̥ | m | n̥ | n | ɲ̊ | ɲ | ŋ̊ | ŋ | ||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | ɡ | ||||||||
Fricative | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | ɣ | [h~ɦ] | |||
Rhotic | r̥ | r | ||||||||||||
Lateral approx. | [l̥] | l | ʎ̥ | ʎ | ||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | ɮ | ||||||||||||
Approximant | [ʋ] | j | w |