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! |<small>voiced</small>
! |<small>voiced</small>
| '''w''' /w/
| '''w''' /w/
| '''r''' /ɾ/
| '''r''' /r/
| '''l''' /l̪/
| '''l''' /l̪/
| '''ṟ''' /ɻ/ || '''ḻ''' /ɭ/
| '''ṟ''' /ɻ/ || '''ḻ''' /ɭ/
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*/n̪ t̪ d̪ l̪/ are dental; /s̪/ is dentalized alveolar (transcribed /n t d s l/ for sake of convenience).
*/n̪ t̪ d̪ l̪/ are dental; /s̪/ is dentalized alveolar (transcribed /n t d s l/ for sake of convenience).
*[ŋ] and [ɴ] are allophones of /n̪/ before velar and uvular consonants, respectively.
*[ŋ] and [ɴ] are allophones of /n̪/ before velar and uvular consonants, respectively.
*/ɾ/ can be an alveolar flap [ɾ], an apical retroflex flap [ɽ], or trilled [r].
*/r/ can be an alveolar flap [ɾ], an apical retroflex flap [ɽ], or trilled [r].
*/ɳ ʈ ɖ ɭ/ can be realized as apical-postalveolar (like Hindi retroflexes) or subapical-palatal (like Tamil retroflexes). The apical realization dominates in casual speech, while the subapical realization occurs more in careful speech. After /ʂ/, /ʈ/ is always apical.
*/ɳ ʈ ɖ ɭ/ can be realized as apical-postalveolar (like Hindi retroflexes) or subapical-palatal (like Tamil retroflexes). The apical realization dominates in casual speech, while the subapical realization occurs more in careful speech. After /ʂ/, /ʈ/ is always apical.
*/ʂ/ is laminal post-alveolar [s̠] or sometimes [ɧ].
*/ʂ/ is laminal post-alveolar [s̠] or sometimes [ɧ].