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===Consonants===
===Consonants===


Westlandish has a total of 17 consonants which accordinɡ to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Structures is a moderately small inventory. The most strikinɡ features are the presence of velar lateral consonants, the absence of plain velar consonants and the lack of phonemic sibilant consonants. In the table below and elsewhere, the consonants /θ̠, c̠ç, kʟ̝̊, ʟ̝̊, ʁ̞/ are notated /θ, cç, kɬ, ɬ, ʁ/ for convenience's sake.
Westlandish has a total of 14 consonants which accordinɡ to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Structures is a small inventory.




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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|  || Labial || Alveolar ||Palatal|| Velar|| Uvular
|  || Labial || Alveolar ||Velar|| Palatovelar|| Labiovelar
|-
|-
| Stop || /p/ || /t/ ||// ||// || /q/
| Stop || /p/ || /t/ ||/k/ ||// || //
|-
|-
| Fricative || /ʍ/ || /θ/ ||/ç/ ||/ɬ/ || /{{IPA|ꭓ}}/
| Continuant || /v/ || /ð/ ||/ɣ/ ||/j/ || /w/
|-
|-
| Nasal || /m/ || /n/ ||  || ||
| Nasal || /m/ || /n/ ||  || ||
|-
|-
| Liquid ||  || /ɹ/ || ||/{{IPA|ᶢL}}/ || /ʁ/
| Liquid ||  || /ɹ/ ||/{{IPA|ᶢL}}/ ||||
|-
| Semivowel || /w/ ||  || /j/ || ||
|}
|}