Editing Angami language (section)

=== Consonants ===
This table represents the consonantal structure of the Khonoma dialect.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Phonetic structures of Khonoma Angami |last=Blankenship |first=B |url=http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/blankenship1992phonetic.pdf}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" | 
! rowspan="2" | [[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Postalveolar consonant|Post-<br>alveolar]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Retroflex]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! colspan="2" | [[Velar consonant|Velar]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Glottalic consonant|Glottal]]
|-
! {{small|plain}}
! {{small|[[Labialization|labialized]]}}
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
! {{small|voiceless}}
| {{IPA link|m̥|m̥ʰ}}
| {{IPA link|n̥|n̥ʰ}}
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| {{IPA link|ɲ̊|ɲ̊ʰ}}
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|-
! {{small|voiced}}
| {{IPA link|m}}
| {{IPA link|n}}
|
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| {{IPA link|ɲ}}
| {{IPA link|ŋ}}
|
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|-
! rowspan="3" | [[Plosive]]
! {{small|voiceless}}
| {{IPA link|p}}
| {{IPA link|t}}
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|
|
| {{IPA link|k}}
| {{IPA link|kʷ}}
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|-
! {{small|voiced}}
| {{IPA link|b}}
| {{IPA link|d}}
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|
|
| {{IPA link|ɡ}}
| {{IPA link|ɡʷ}}
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|-
! {{small|[[Aspirated consonant|aspirated]]}}
| {{IPA link|pʰ}}
| {{IPA link|tʰ}}
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|
|
| {{IPA link|kʰ}}
| {{IPA link|kʷʰ}}
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|-
! colspan="2" | [[Affricate]]
|
| {{IPA link|t͡s}}
| {{IPA link|t͡ʃ}}
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|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Fricative]]
! {{small|voiceless}}
|
| {{IPA link|s}}
| {{IPA link|ʃ}}
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|
|
| {{IPA link|h}}
|-
! {{small|voiced}}
| {{IPA link|v}}
| {{IPA link|z}}
| {{IPA link|ʒ}}
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|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Approximant]]
! {{small|voiceless}}
|
| {{IPA link|l̥|l̥ʰ}}
|
| {{IPA link|ɻ̊}}
| {{IPA link|j̊}}
|
| {{IPA link|ʍ}}
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|-
! {{small|voiced}}
|
| {{IPA link|l}}
|
| {{IPA link|ɻ}}
| {{IPA link|j}}
|
| {{IPA link|w}}
|
|}

Other dialects also contrast {{IPA|/tʃʰ tʃ dʒ/}}. {{IPA|[f]}} only occurs as an allophone of {{IPA|/p/}}. The velar fricative is in free variation with {{IPA|[h]}}. The post-alveolar approximants are truly [[retroflex]] (sub-apical) {{IPA|[ɻ̊ ɻ]}} before mid and low vowels, but [[laminal consonant|laminal]] {{IPA|[ɹ̠̊ ɹ̠]}} before high vowels ({{IPA|/i u/}}).<ref name=":0"/>

Angami voiceless nasals are unusual in that, unlike the voiceless nasals of [[Burmese language|Burmese]], they have a positive rather than negative [[voice onset time]]—that is, they are [[aspiration (phonetics)|aspirated]] rather than partially voiced. The same is true of the laterals. In both cases, the aspiration has the formants characteristic of Angami ''h,'' which is somewhat velar in pronunciation. The other voiceless approximants may not be aspirated, as the h-like formants occur during the entire hold of the consonant.<ref name=":0"/>