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== Consonants == | == Consonants == | ||
There are X generally recognised consonants in Laefevian. The exact number, however, depends on the analysis in question. | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|+ Consonants in Laefevian | |||
|- | |||
! !! colspan="2" | Labial !! colspan="2" | Dental !! colspan="2" | Alveolar !! colspan="2" | Post-alveolar !! colspan="2" | Palatal !!colspan="2" | Velar !! colspan="2" | Glottal | |||
|- | |||
! Nasal | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{tipa|m̥}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|m}} || colspan="2" | | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{tipa|n̥}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|n}} || colspan="2" | | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{tipa|ɲ̊}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|ɲ}} | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{tipa|ŋ̊}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|ŋ}} || colspan="2" | | |||
|- | |||
! Plosive | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{tipa|p}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|b}} || colspan="2" | | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{tipa|t}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|d}} || colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{tipa|k}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|g}} || colspan="2" | | |||
|- | |||
! Fricative | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{tipa|f}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|v}} | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{tipa|θ}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|ð}} | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{tipa|s}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|z}} | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{tipa|ʃ}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|ʒ}} || colspan="2" | | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{tipa|x}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|ɣ}} | |||
| colspan="2" | [{{tipa|h}}~{{tipa|ɦ}}] | |||
|- | |||
! Rhotic | |||
| colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{tipa|r̥}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|r}} || colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | | |||
|- | |||
! Lateral approx. | |||
| colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | [{{tipa|l̥}}] || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|l}} || colspan="2" | | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{tipa|ʎ̥}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|ʎ}} || colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | | |||
|- | |||
! Lateral fricative | |||
| colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{tipa|ɬ}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|ɮ}} || colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | | |||
|- | |||
! Approximant | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | [{{tipa|ʋ}}] || colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|j}} | |||
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | {{tipa|w}} || colspan="2" | | |||
|} | |||
== Vowels == | == Vowels == | ||