Editing Balti language (section)

===Consonants===
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![[Labial consonant|Labial]]
![[Dental consonant|Dental]]/<br/>[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
![[Retroflex consonant|Retroflex]]
![[Postalveolar consonant|Post-<br/>alveolar]]
![[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
![[Velar consonant|Velar]]
![[Uvular consonant|Uvular]]
![[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
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! rowspan="3" |[[Stop consonant|Stop]]
!<small>[[Voicelessness|voiceless]]</small>
|{{IPAlink|p}}
|{{IPAlink|t}}
|{{IPAlink|ʈ}}
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|{{IPAlink|k}}
|{{IPAlink|q}}
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!<small>[[Aspirated consonant|aspirated]]</small>
|{{IPAlink|pʰ}}
|{{IPAlink|tʰ}}
|{{IPAlink|ʈʰ}}
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|{{IPAlink|kʰ}}
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!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
|{{IPAlink|b}}
|{{IPAlink|d}}
|{{IPAlink|ɖ}}
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|{{IPAlink|ɡ}}
|{{IPAlink|ɢ}}
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! rowspan="3" |[[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
!<small>[[Voicelessness|voiceless]]</small>
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|{{IPAlink|t͡s}}
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|{{IPAlink|t͡ʃ}}
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!<small>[[Aspirated consonant|aspirated]]</small>
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|{{IPAlink|t͡sʰ}}
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|{{IPAlink|t͡ʃʰ}}
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!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
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|{{IPAlink|d͡z}}
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|{{IPAlink|d͡ʒ}}
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! rowspan="2" |[[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
!<small>[[Voicelessness|voiceless]]</small>
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|{{IPAlink|s}}
|({{IPAlink|ʂ}})
|{{IPAlink|ʃ}}
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|{{IPAlink|χ}}
|{{IPAlink|h}}
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!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
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|{{IPAlink|z}}
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|{{IPAlink|ʒ}}
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|{{IPAlink|ʁ}}
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! colspan="2" |[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
|{{IPAlink|m}}
|{{IPAlink|n}}
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|{{IPAlink|ɲ}}
|{{IPAlink|ŋ}}
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! colspan="2" |[[Tap consonant|Tap]]
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|{{IPAlink|ɾ}}
|({{IPAlink|ɽ}})
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! rowspan="2" |[[Lateral consonant|Lateral]]
!<small>plain</small>
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|{{IPAlink|l}}
|({{IPAlink|ɭ}})
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!<small>[[Breathy voice|murmured]]</small>
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|({{IPAlink|lʱ}})
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! colspan="2" |[[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
|{{IPAlink|w}}
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|{{IPAlink|j}}
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*Allophones of {{IPA|/l/}} include {{IPA|[lʱ]}}, {{IPA|[ɭ]}} and {{IPA|[ɫ̥]}}.
*{{IPA|/ɖ/}} can be realized as a flap {{IPA|[ɽ]}}.
*{{IPA|/s/}} can also be retroflex {{IPA|[ʂ]}}.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Sharma|first=D. D.|title=Balti|publisher=New Delhi, India: Mittal Publications|year=2004|location=Tribal Languages of Ladakh Part III: A descriptive Grammar of Purki and Balti|pages=141–243}}</ref>