Editing Alabama language (section)

===Consonants===
There are fourteen consonant [[phoneme]]s in Alabama.{{sfn|Hardy|2005|p=82}}
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! colspan=2|[[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! colspan=2|[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! [[Postalveolar consonant|Postalveolar]]/<br />[[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! [[Velar consonant|Velar]]
! [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
! [[Nasal stop|Nasal]]
| align="center" colspan=2|{{IPA link|m}}
| align="center" colspan=2|{{IPA link|n}}
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! [[Stop consonant|Stop]]
| align="center"|{{IPA link|p}}
| align="center"|{{IPA link|b}}
| align="center" colspan=2|{{IPA link|t}}
| align="center"|{{IPA link|tʃ}}
| align="center"|{{IPA link|k}}
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! [[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
| align="center" colspan=2|{{IPA link|f}}
| align="center"|{{IPA link|s}}
| align="center"|{{IPA link|ɬ}}
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|
| align="center"|{{IPA link|h}}
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! [[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
| align="center" colspan=2|{{IPA link|w}}
| colspan=2 align="center"|{{IPA link|l}}
| align="center"|{{IPA link|j}}
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|}

{{IPA|/s/}} is [[Apical consonant|apico-alveolar]], {{IPA|[s̺]}}. The voiceless stops {{IPA|/p t k/}} are typically [[Fortis and lenis|fortis]]{{clarify|date=February 2012}} and unlike in many other Southeastern languages they are not [[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]] between vowels. All consonants can occur [[Gemination|geminated]].<ref name="hardy2005p83">Hardy 2005:83</ref> The post-alveolar affricate {{IPA|/tʃ/}} is realized as {{IPA|[s]}} when it occurs as the first member of a consonant cluster and the geminate is realized as {{IPA|[ttʃ]}}. The only voiced [[stop consonant|plosive]] in Alabama is {{IPA|/b/}}, which is realized as {{IPA|[m]}} when it occurs in coda (syllable final) position. The geminate {{IPA|/bb/}} is realized as {{IPA|[mb]}}.<ref name="hardy2005p83" /> The two nasal phonemes become velar {{IPA|[ŋ]}} before the velar stop {{IPA|/k/}}. In syllable-final position, {{IPA|/h/}} is often realized as lengthening of the preceding vowel.<ref name="hardy2005p83" />