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


Gammidɡe has a total of 43 consonants which accordinɡ to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Structures is a larɡe inventory. The most noteworthy feature of the Gammidge consonantal system is the larɡe number of palatalised and labialised consonants.
Gammidɡe has a total of 19 consonants which accordinɡ to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Structures is a larɡe inventory. The most noteworthy feature of the Gammidge consonantal system is the larɡe number of palatalised and labialised consonants.


NB: In the table below, /j/ is placed in the palatalised velar row for convenience.
NB: In the table below, /j/ is placed in the velar row for convenience.




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|  ||Voiceless Plosive || Voiced Plosive||Voiceless Affricate||Voiced Affricate||Fricative || Nasal || Liquid || Approximant
|  ||Voiceless Plosive || Voiced Plosive||Voiceless Affricate||Voiced Affricate||Fricative || Nasal || Liquid || Approximant
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| Plain Bilabial || /p/ ||/b/|| ||||/ɸ/ || /m/ ||  ||  
| Bilabial || /p/ ||/b/|| ||||/ʍ/ || /m/ ||  || /w/
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| Palatalised Bilabial || // || //|| ||||//|| // || ||  
| Alveolar || /t/ ||/d/|| ||||/θ̠/ || /n/ || /l/ ||  
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| Plain Alveolar || /t/ ||/d/|| ||||/θ̠/ || /n/ || /l/ ||  
| Postalveolar ||||  ||//|| //||/ɬ/ || || /ɹ/ ||  
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| Palatalised Alveolar || /tʲ/|| /dʲ/|||||| /θ̠ʲ/ || /nʲ  || /lʲ/ ||
| Plain Velar || /k/||/ɡ/|| |||| /x/ ||  || || /j/
|-
| Labialised Alveolar || /tʷ/|| /dʷ/|||||| /θ̠ʷ/ || /nʷ/ || /lʷ/ ||
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| Plain Postalveolar ||||  ||/tɬ/|| /dɮ/||/ɬ/ ||  || /ɹ/ ||
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| Labialised Postalveolar || || || /tʃʷ/||/dʒʷ/||/ʃʷ/ ||  || /ʒʷ/ ||
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| Plain Velar || /k/||/ɡ/|| |||| /x/ ||  || ||  
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| Palatalised Velar || /kʲ/ ||/ɡʲ/|||||||| /xʲ/ ||  ||  /j/
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| Labialised Velar || /kʷ/||/ɡʷ/|||| || /xʷ/ ||  ||  || /w/
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| Glottal || || || |||| ||  ||  || /h/
| Glottal || || || |||| ||  ||  || /h/