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! rowspan=2 | Fricative | ! rowspan=2 | Fricative | ||
! voiceless | ! voiceless | ||
| '''f''' /f/ || rowspan=2 | '''s, z''' /z̥/ || ʂ || x || | | '''f''' /f/ || rowspan=2 | '''s, z''' /z̥/ || '''sh''' /ʂ/ || '''kh''' /x/ || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! voiced | ! voiced | ||
| '''v''' /v/ || ʐ || ɣ || | | '''v''' /v/ || '''zh''' /ʐ/ || '''gh''' /ɣ/ || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan=2 | Nasal | ! colspan=2 | Nasal | ||
| m || n || || ŋ || ɲ | | '''m''' /m/ || '''n''' /n/ || || '''ng''' /ŋ/ || '''ny''' /ɲ/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan=2 | Approximant | ! rowspan=2 | Approximant | ||
! lateral | ! lateral | ||
| || l || (ɭ) || ɫ || | | || '''l''' /l/ || (ɭ) || '''ll''' /ɫ/ || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! semivowel | ! semivowel | ||
| (w) || || || (ɰ) || j | | (w) || || || (ɰ) || '''y, gy''' /j/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan=2 | Trill | ! colspan=2 | Trill | ||
| || r || || || | | || '''r''' /r/ || || || | ||
|} | |} | ||
Alveolar obstruents are not affected by voiceness; though often transcribed as devoiced /d̥ z̥/, they may be variably pronounced as /t~d/ and /s~z/ respectively and are ultimately dependent on speaker. | Alveolar obstruents are not affected by voiceness; though often transcribed as devoiced /d̥ z̥/, they may be variably pronounced as /t~d/ and /s~z/ respectively and are ultimately dependent on speaker. | ||
/ɰ/ is an intervocalic allophone of /ɣ/, and has also been described as a vocalised allophone /ɨ/; however, the general consensus is that it is an approximant. | /ɰ/ is an intervocalic allophone of /ɣ/, and has also been described as a vocalised allophone /ɨ/; however, the general consensus is that it is an approximant. | ||
⟨gy⟩ only appears in [[Etzeá]] loanwords, such as '''''gy'''êt'' [[Help:IPA|[ˈjɛd̥]]] "hill" (from Etzeá ''gyed'' "mountain"); between vowels, it is pronounced as a doubled /jj/, such as ''pi'''gy'''êro''. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||