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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Avalonian has a total of | Avalonian has a total of 31 consonants which according to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is a moderately large inventory. The most striking features of the inventory, according to WALS are a voicing contrast in fricatives but not plosives, the presence of ejectives, lateral obstruents and and the initial velar nasal. The consonants are displayed in the table below: | ||
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|'''Voiced Fricative'''||/v/||/z/||||||||/ɣ/|||| | |'''Voiced Fricative'''||/v/||/z/||||||||/ɣ/|||| | ||
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|'''Nasal'''||/m/||/n/||||||||/ŋ/|||| | |'''Nasal'''||/m/||/n/||||||/ŋʲ/||/ŋ/||/ŋʷ/|| | ||
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|'''Voiced Liquid'''||||||/l/||/ɹ̠/|||||||| | |'''Voiced Liquid'''||||||/l/||/ɹ̠/|||||||| | ||