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== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
|+ '''Minhast Consonantal Inventory'''
|-
!  || Bilabial  ||  Alveolar || Palatal || Velar || Uvular || Glottal || Laryngeal || Pharyngeal
|-
! Nasal
|  m
|  n
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! Plosive
| p b
| t d
| k g
| q*
| ʔ
|
|
|-
! Fricative
|  f
|  s z
| ʃ
| x ɣ*
| χ*
|
|h
|ħ*
|-
! Affricates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! Approximants
| w
|
| j
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! Trill
|
| r
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! Lateral
|
| l
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}
</div>
{{Minhast_Vowels_IPA}}
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Vowel length in Minhast is distinctive.  Devoiced vowels occur as allophones frequently, based on regular phonotactic rules:
{|  class="bluetable lightbluebg"
|-
!  Short
!  Long
!  Devoiced
|-
!  /a/
|  /a:/ &lt;&#257;&gt;
|  [&#7841;]
|-
!  /ɛ/
|  /e:/ &lt;&#275;&gt;
|  [&#7865;]
|-
!  /ɪ/
|  --
|  [&#7883;]
|-
!  /i/
|  /i:/ &lt;&#299;&gt;
|  --
|-
!  /u/
|  /u:/ &lt;&#363;&gt;
|  [&#7909;]
|}


== Nouns ==
== Nouns ==