Editing Masalit language (section)

=== Consonants ===
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! colspan="2" |
![[Labial consonant|Labial]]
![[Dental consonant|Dental]]/<br>[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
![[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
![[Velar consonant|Velar]]
![[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
|{{IPA link|m}}
|{{IPA link|n}}
|{{IPA link|ɲ}}
|{{IPA link|ŋ}}
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! rowspan="3" |[[Stop consonant|Stop]]/<br>[[Affricate]]
!{{Small|voiceless}}
|{{IPA link|p}}
|{{IPA link|t}}
|{{IPA link|t͡ʃ}}
|{{IPA link|k}}
|({{IPA link|ʔ}})
|-
!{{Small|voiced}}
|{{IPA link|b}}
|{{IPA link|d}}
|{{IPA link|d͡ʒ}}
|{{IPA link|g}}
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|-
!{{Small|prenasal}}
|{{IPA link|ᵐb}}
|{{IPA link|ⁿd}}
|{{IPA link|ⁿd͡ʒ}}
|{{IPA link|ᵑɡ}}
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|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Fricative]]
!{{Small|voiceless}}
|{{IPA link|f}}
|{{IPA link|s}}
|{{IPA link|ʃ}}
|({{IPA link|x}})
|{{IPA link|h}}
|-
!{{Small|voiced}}
|{{IPA link|v}}
|({{IPA link|z}})
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! colspan="2" |[[Trill consonant|Trill]]
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|{{IPA link|r}}
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! colspan="2" |[[Lateral consonant|Lateral]]
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|{{IPA link|l}}
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! rowspan="2" |[[Approximant]]
!{{Small|labial}}
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|{{IPA link|ɥ}}
|{{IPA link|w}}
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!{{Small|central}}
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|{{IPA link|j}}
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* It has been stated that occasional click sounds {{IPAblink|ǀ}} and {{IPAblink|ǃ}} may occur, however; they are considered to be rare.
* Sounds {{IPA|/r, l, m, k/}} can occur as geminated {{IPA|[rː, lː, mː, kː]}}.
* Sounds /t, m, n, ŋ/ can occur as palatalized [tʲ, mʲ, nʲ, ŋʲ] before front vowels.
* {{IPA|/z, x/}} only occur as a result of words of Arabic origin.
* {{IPAblink|ʔ}} is not a phonemic sound, and is only heard before word-initial vowels.
* Sounds {{IPA|/p, ɥ, v/}} only occur in word-initial position.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Edgar|first=John|title=A Masalit Grammar: With Notes on other languages of Darfur and Wadai|publisher=Berlin: Dietrich Reimer|year=1989}}</ref>