Editing Deccani language (section)

== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" |
![[Labial consonant|Labial]]
![[Dental consonant|Dental]]/<br>[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
![[Retroflex consonant|Retroflex]]
![[Postalveolar consonant|Post-alv.]]/<br>[[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
![[Velar consonant|Velar]]
![[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
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! rowspan="2" |[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
!{{small|[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
|{{IPAlink|m}}
|{{IPAlink|n}}
|{{IPAlink|ɳ}}
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|{{IPAlink|ŋ}}
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!{{small|[[Breathy voice|breathy]]}}
|{{IPA link|mʱ}}
|{{IPA link|nʱ}}
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! rowspan="4" |[[Stop consonant|Stop]]/<br>[[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
!{{small|[[Voicelessness|voiceless]]}}
|{{IPAlink|p}}
|{{IPAlink|t}}
|{{IPAlink|ʈ}}
|{{IPAlink|tʃ}}
|{{IPAlink|k}}
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!{{small|[[Aspirated consonant|aspirated]]}}
|{{IPAlink|pʰ}}
|{{IPAlink|tʰ}}
|{{IPAlink|ʈʰ}}
|{{IPAlink|tʃʰ}}
|{{IPAlink|kʰ}}
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|-
!{{small|[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
|{{IPAlink|b}}
|{{IPAlink|d}}
|{{IPAlink|ɖ}}
|{{IPAlink|dʒ}}
|{{IPAlink|ɡ}}
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|-
!{{small|[[Breathy voice|breathy]]}}
|{{IPAlink|bʱ}}
|{{IPAlink|dʱ}}
|{{IPAlink|ɖʱ}}
|{{IPAlink|dʒʱ}}
|{{IPAlink|ɡʱ}}
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! rowspan="2" |[[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
!{{small|[[Voicelessness|voiceless]]}}
|{{IPA link|f}}
|{{IPAlink|s}}
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|{{IPA link|ʃ}}
|{{IPA link|x}}
| rowspan="2" |{{IPAlink|h}}
|-
!{{small|[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
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|{{IPA link|z}}
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|{{IPA link|ɣ}}
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! rowspan="2" |[[Trill consonant|Trill]]/[[Tap consonant|Tap]]
!{{small|[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
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|{{IPAlink|r}}
|{{IPAlink|ɽ}}
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!{{small|[[Breathy voice|breathy]]}}
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|{{IPAlink|rʱ}}
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! rowspan="2" |[[Lateral consonant|Approximant]]
!{{small|[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
|{{IPAlink|ʋ}}
|{{IPAlink|l}}
|{{IPA link|ɭ}}
|{{IPAlink|j}}
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!{{small|[[Breathy voice|breathy]]}}
|{{IPA link|ʋʱ}}
|{{IPA link|lʱ}}
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|{{IPA link|jʱ}}
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|}

* {{IPA|/h/}} can be heard as either voiceless {{IPA|[h]}} or voiced {{IPA|[ɦ]}} across dialects.
* The {{IPA|/q/}} of Urdu is merged with {{IPA|/x/}}.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!
![[Front vowel|Front]]
![[Central vowel|Central]]
![[Back vowel|Back]]
|- align="center"
! rowspan="2" |[[High vowel|High]]
|{{IPAlink|iː}}
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|{{IPAlink|uː}}
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|{{IPA link|ɪ}}
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|{{IPA link|ʊ}}
|- align="center"
![[Mid vowel|Mid]]
|{{IPAlink|e}}
|{{IPA link|ə}}
|{{IPAlink|o}}
|- align="center"
![[Low vowel|Low]]
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| colspan="2" |{{IPAlink|aː}}
|}

* {{IPA|/e, o/}} can have lax allophones of {{IPA|[ɛ, ɔ]}} when preceding consonants in medial position.
* Diphthong sounds include {{IPA|/əi, əe, əu, əo/}}.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mustafa |first=Khateeb S. |title=A descriptive study of Dakhni Urdu as spoken in the Chittoor District, A. P. |publisher=Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University |year=1985}}</ref>
* {{IPA|/əi/}} can be heard as {{IPA|[æ]}} after {{IPA|/h/}}.
* {{IPA|/əu/}} can be heard as {{IPA|[ɔː]}} in initial positions.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schmidt |first=Ruth L. |title=Dakhini Urdu : history and structure |publisher=Bahri, New Delhi |year=1981}}</ref>