Editing Warrongo language (section)

==Phonology==

===Consonants===
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|+ style="font-weight: normal"|'''Warrongo consonants''' (spelling representation is in angle brackets)
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![[bilabial]]
![[Laminal consonant|lamino-dental]]{{nobold|<sup>1</sup>}}
![[apico-alveolar]]
![[retroflex]]
![[lamino-palatal]]
![[dorso-velar]]
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![[Stop consonant|stop]]
|{{IPA link|b}} {{angle bracket|b}}
|({{IPA link|d̪}} {{angle bracket|dh}})
|{{IPA link|d}} {{angle bracket|d}}
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|{{IPA link|ɟ}} {{angle bracket|j}}
|{{IPA link|ɡ}} {{angle bracket|g}}
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![[Nasal consonant|nasal]]
|{{IPA link|m}} {{angle bracket|m}}
|({{IPA link|n̪}} {{angle bracket|nh}})
|{{IPA link|n}} {{angle bracket|n}}
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|{{IPA link|ɲ}} {{angle bracket|ny}}
|{{IPA link|ŋ}} {{angle bracket|ng}}
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![[Rhotic consonant|rhotic]]
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|{{IPA link|ɾ}} {{angle bracket|rr}}
|{{IPA link|ɻ}} {{angle bracket|r}}
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![[Lateral consonant|lateral]]
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|{{IPA link|l}} {{angle bracket|l}}
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![[semivowel]]
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|{{IPA link|j}} {{angle bracket|y}}
|{{IPA link|w}} {{angle bracket|w}}
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# Only in Gugu-Badhun.

The sound {{IPA|[h]}} appears only in the interjection {{IPA|[hai]}} 'Hi!' and the exclamation of surprise {{IPA|[haha]}} (or {{IPA|[ha:ha:]}}){{sfn|Tsunoda|2011|p=54}} Dentalized consonants tend to appear in the Gugu-Badhun dialect. An alveolar approximant {{IPA|[ɹ]}} is stated to appear in the Gugu-Badhun dialect as well.{{sfn|Sutton|1973|p=73}} The retroflex approximant {{IPA|/ɻ/}} in syllable-final position can infrequently be realised as a [[retroflex tap]] {{IPA|[ɽ]}}.&nbsp; The lamino-palatal stop is in most instances phonetically an [[affricate]] {{IPA|[tʃ]}} or {{IPA|[dʒ]}}.
[[Voice (phonetics)|Voicing]] is not distinctive for stops .{{sfn|Tsunoda|2011|p=60}} The rules for voicing are fairly complex, but still it is impossible to predict it in all instances .{{sfn|Tsunoda|2011|p=74}} The factors involved are the [[place of articulation]] (the more front the stop, the more likely it is to be voiced), the phonetic environment, position with respect to word boundaries, and possibly also the length of the word, the number of syllables that follow the stop and the location of stress.

===Vowels===
There are three vowels: {{IPA|/a/}}, {{IPA|/i/}} and {{IPA|/u/}} (orthographically {{angle bracket|o}}). Length is distinctive only for {{IPA|/a/}}, its long counterpart is orthographically represented as {{angle bracket|aa}}. {{IPA|/u/}} has two [[allophone]]s: {{IPA|[u]}}, and {{IPA|[o]}} (neither of which involve significant [[lip rounding]]), depending on the preceding consonant. Both are possible after {{IPA|/b/}}, {{IPA|/m/}} and {{IPA|/j/}}, while after all other consonants only {{IPA|[o]}} appears. The allophony of {{IPA|/i/}} seems to be governed by more complex rules but generally,  {{IPA|[i]}} is the sole allophone after {{IPA|/ɟ/}}ˌ {{IPA|/ɲ/}}ˌ {{IPA|/ŋ/}} and {{IPA|/w/}}, while after almost all other consonants both {{IPA|[i]}} and {{IPA|[e]}} can be observed.