Editing Kalanga language (section)

=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
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! colspan="2" |[[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! colspan="2" |[[Dental consonant|Dental]]
! colspan="2" |[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! colspan="2" |[[Postalveolar consonant|Post-<br>alveolar]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! colspan="2" |[[Velar consonant|Velar]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
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!<small>plain</small>
!<small>alveolar</small>
!<small>plain</small>
!<small>lab.</small>
!<small>plain</small>
!<small>lab.</small>
!<small>plain</small>
!<small>lab.</small>
!<small>plain</small>
!<small>lab.</small>
|- align="center"
! rowspan="6" |[[Stop consonant|Plosive]]
!<small>voiceless</small>
|{{IPA link|p}}
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|{{IPA link|t̪}}
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|({{IPA link|tʷ}})
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|{{IPA link|k}}
|{{IPA link|kʷ}}
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!<small>voiced</small>
|{{IPA link|b}}
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|{{IPA link|d̪}}
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|{{IPA link|d}}
|{{IPA link|dʷ}}
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|{{IPA link|ɡ}}
|{{IPA link|ɡʷ}}
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!<small>prenasal</small>
|{{IPA link|ᵐb}}
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|{{IPA link|ⁿd}}
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|{{IPA link|ᵑɡ}}
|{{IPA link|ᵑɡʷ}}
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!<small>aspirated</small>
|{{IPA link|pʰ}}
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|{{IPA link|t̪ʰ}}
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|{{IPA link|tʰ}}
|{{IPA link|tʰʷ}}
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|{{IPA link|kʰ}}
|{{IPA link|kʰʷ}}
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!<small>breathy</small>
|{{IPA link|pʱ}}
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|{{IPA link|tʱ}}
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|{{IPA link|kʷʱ}}
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!<small>ejective</small>
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|({{IPA link|tʼ}})
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! rowspan="6" |[[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
!<small>voiceless</small>
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|{{IPA|p͡s}}
|{{IPA link|t̪͡s̪}}
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|{{IPA link|t͡ʃ}}
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!<small>voiced</small>
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|{{IPA|b͡z}}
|{{IPA link|d̪͡z̪}}
|{{IPA link|d̪͡z̪ʷ}}
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|{{IPA link|d͡ʒ}}
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|{{IPA|b͡ɡ}}
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!<small>prenasal</small>
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|{{IPA link|ⁿd͡ʒ}}
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!<small>aspirated</small>
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|{{IPA link|t̪͡s̪ʰ}}
|{{IPA link|t̪͡s̪ʰʷ}}
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|{{IPA|p͡kʰ}}
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!<small>breathy</small>
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|{{IPA link|t̪͡s̪ʱ}}
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|{{IPA link|t͡ʃʱ}}
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!<small>ejective</small>
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|{{IPA link|t͡ʃʼ}}
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|- align="center"
! rowspan="2" |[[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
!<small>voiceless</small>
|{{IPA link|f}}
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|{{IPA link|s}}
|{{IPA link|sʷ}}
|{{IPA link|ʃ}}
|{{IPA link|ʃʷ}}
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|({{IPA link|x}})
|({{IPA link|xʷ}})
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!<small>voiced</small>
|{{IPA link|v}}
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|{{IPA link|z}}
|{{IPA link|zʷ}}
|{{IPA link|ʒ}}
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|{{IPA link|ɦ}}
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! colspan="2" |[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
|{{IPA link|m}}
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|{{IPA link|n}}
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|{{IPA link|ɲ}}
|{{IPA link|ŋ}}
|{{IPA link|ŋʷ}}
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! colspan="2" |[[Trill consonant|Trill]]
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|{{IPA link|r}}
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! rowspan="3" |[[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
!<small>lateral</small>
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|{{IPA link|l}}
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!<small>central</small>
|{{IPA link|β̞}}
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|{{IPA link|j}}
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|{{IPA link|w}}
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!<small>breathy</small>
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|{{IPA link|wʱ}}
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* Phonemes {{IPA|/tʰʷ, p͡s, b͡z, t͡ʃʼ/}} occur only as marginal phonemes.
* Sounds {{IPA|/tʼ, tʷ, x, xʷ/}} are sounds that are borrowed from Tswana.<ref name=":0" />