Editing Tuvan language (section)

=== Consonants ===
Tuvan has 19 native [[consonant]] [[phoneme]]s:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ caption| Consonant phonemes of Tuvan
! colspan="2" |
! [[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! [[Velar consonant|Velar]]
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| {{IPA link|m}}
| {{IPA link|n}}
|
| {{IPA link|ŋ}}
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Plosive consonant|Plosive]]
! <small>lenis</small>{{efn|name=stops|The distinction between initial bilabial and alveolar stops is based on [[aspiration (phonetics)|aspiration]] for most speakers and voicing for others.}}
| {{IPA link|p}}
| {{IPA link|t}}
|
| {{IPA link|ɡ}}
|-
! <small>fortis</small>{{efn|name=stops}}
| {{IPA link|pʰ}}
| {{IPA link|tʰ}}
|
| {{IPA link|k}}
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
|
| {{IPA link|t͡s}}{{efn|name=loanword|{{IPA|/f/}} and {{IPA|/ts/}} are found in some Russian [[loanword]]s.}}
| {{IPA link|t͡ʃ}}
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! <small>[[voiceless]]</small>
| {{IPA link|f}}{{efn|name=loanword}}
| {{IPA link|s}}
| {{IPA link|ʃ}}
| {{IPA link|x}}
|-
! <small>[[voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
|
| {{IPA link|z}}
| {{IPA link|ʒ}}
|
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
| {{IPA link|ʋ}}
| {{IPA link|l}}
| {{IPA link|j}}
|
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Flap consonant|Flap]]
|
| {{IPA link|ɾ}}
|
|
|}
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