Editing Khwe language (section)

=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Khwe pulmonic consonants
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |[[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Dental consonant|Alveolar]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Postalveolar consonant|Post-<br>alveolar]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! colspan="2" |[[Velar consonant|Velar]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Uvular consonant|Uvular]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
!<small>plain</small>
!<small>[[Palatalization (phonetics)|pal.]]</small>
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| {{IPA link|m}}
| {{IPA link|n}}
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| {{IPA link|ɲ}}
| {{IPA link|ŋ}}
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! rowspan="5" |[[Stop consonant|Plosive]]
!<small>[[Voicelessness|voiceless]]</small>
| {{IPA link|p}}
| {{IPA link|t}}
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| {{IPA link|k}}
| {{IPA link|kʲ}}
| {{IPA link|q}}
| {{IPA link|ʔ}}
|-
!<small>[[Aspirated consonant|aspirated]]</small>
| {{IPA link|pʰ}}
| {{IPA link|tʰ}}
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| {{IPA link|kʰ}}
| {{IPA link|kʰʲ}}
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|-
!<small>[[Ejective consonant|ejective]]</small>
|
| {{IPA link|tʼ}}
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| colspan="2" |
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|-
!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
| {{IPA link|b}}
| {{IPA link|d}}
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| {{IPA link|ɡ}}
| {{IPA link|ɡʲ}}
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|-
!<small>[[Prenasalized consonant|prenasal]]</small>
| {{IPA link|ᵐb}}
| {{IPA link|ⁿd}}
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| {{IPA link|ᵑɡ}}
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|-
! rowspan="4" |[[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
!<small>[[Voicelessness|voiceless]]</small>
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| {{IPA link|t͡ʃ}}
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| colspan="2" |
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|-
!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
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| {{IPA link|d͡ʒ}}
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| colspan="2" |
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|-
!<small>[[Velar consonant|velar]]</small>
|
| {{IPA|tx}}
| {{IPA|t͡ʃx}}
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| colspan="2" |
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|-
!<small>[[Ejective consonant|ejective]]</small>
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| {{IPA link|t͡ʃʼ}}
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| {{IPA link|kxʼ}}
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! rowspan="2" |[[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
!<small>[[Voicelessness|voiceless]]</small>
| {{IPA link|f}}
| ({{IPA link|s}})
| {{IPA link|ʃ}}
| ({{IPA link|ç}})
| {{IPA link|x}}
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| {{IPA link|h}}
|-
!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
| {{IPA link|v}}
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| colspan="2" |
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! colspan="2" |[[Trill consonant|Trill]]
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| {{IPA link|r}}
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| colspan="2" |
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! colspan="2" |[[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
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| ({{IPA link|l}})
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| {{IPA link|j}}
| {{IPA link|w}}
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|}

* /ʃ/ is realized as [ç] only in Buma-Khwe, but as [s] in ǁXo-Khwe and Buga-Khwe, and as [ʃ] in ǁXom-Khwe
* /l/ is only found in borrowings.