Editing Dyirbal language (section)

===Consonants===
Dyirbal has only four [[Place of articulation|places of articulation]] for the [[stop consonant|stop]] and [[nasal consonant|nasals]], whereas most other Australian Aboriginal languages have five or six. This is because Dyirbal lacks the [[Dental consonant|dental]]/[[alveolar consonant|alveolar]]/[[retroflex consonant|retroflex]] split typically found in these languages. Like the majority of Australian languages, it does not make a distinction between voiced consonants ({{angbr|b, d, g}}, etc.) and voiceless consonants (the corresponding {{angbr|p, t, k}}, etc.), respectively. Like [[Pinyin language|Pinyin]], standard Dyirbal [[orthography]] uses voiced consonants, which seem to be preferred by speakers of most Australian languages since the sounds (which can often be semi-voiced) are closer to English semi-voiced {{angbr|b, d, g}} than aspirated {{angbr|p, t, k}}.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!rowspan=2|
!colspan=2| [[Peripheral consonant|Peripheral]]
! [[Laminal consonant|Laminal]]
! colspan="2" |[[Apical consonant|Apical]]
|-
! [[bilabial consonant|Bilabial]]
! [[velar consonant|Velar]]
! [[palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! [[alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! [[Retroflex consonant|Retroflex]]
|-
! [[Plosive]]
| {{IPAlink|p}} || {{IPAlink|k}} || {{IPAlink|c}} || {{IPAlink|t}}
|
|-
! [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| {{IPAlink|m}} || {{IPAlink|ŋ}} || {{IPAlink|ɲ}} || {{IPAlink|n}}
|
|-
! [[Trill consonant|Trill]]
|colspan="2"| || || {{IPAlink|r}}
|
|-
! [[Approximant]]
|colspan="2"| {{IPAlink|w}} || {{IPAlink|j}} || {{IPAlink|l}} || {{IPAlink|ɻ}}
|}