Editing Chipewyan language (section)

===Consonants===
The 39 consonants of Dënesųłinë́:

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! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" | [[Bilabial consonant|Bilabial]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Interdental consonant|Inter-<br />dental]]
! colspan="3" | [[Dental consonant|Dental]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Postalveolar consonant|Post-<br />alveolar]]
! colspan="2" | [[Dorsal consonant|Dorsal]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
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! <small>plain</small> || <small>sibilant</small> || <small>lateral</small>
! <small>plain</small> || <small>[[Labialization|labial]]</small>
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! colspan="2" | [[Nasal stop|Nasal]]
| {{IPA link|m}} {{angbr|m}}
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| {{IPA link|n}} {{angbr|n}}
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! rowspan="3" | [[Plosive]]/<br>[[Affricate]]
! <small>plain</small>
| {{IPA link|p}} {{angbr|b}}
| {{IPA link|tθ}} {{angbr|ddh}}
| {{IPA link|t}} {{angbr|d}}
| {{IPA link|ts}} {{angbr|dz}}
| {{IPA link|tɬ}} {{angbr|dl}}
| {{IPA link|tʃ}} {{angbr|j}} 
| {{IPA link|k}} {{angbr|g}}
| {{IPA link|kʷ}} {{angbr|gw}}
| {{IPA link|ʔ}} {{angbr|’}}
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! <small>[[aspiration (phonetics)|aspirated]]</small>
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| {{IPA link|tθʰ}} {{angbr|tth}}
| {{IPA link|tʰ}} {{angbr|t}}
| {{IPA link|tsʰ}} {{angbr|ts}}
| {{IPA link|tɬʰ}} {{angbr|tł}}
| {{IPA link|tʃʰ}} {{angbr|ch}}
| {{IPA link|kʰ}} {{angbr|k}}
| {{IPA link|kʷʰ}} {{angbr|kw}}
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! <small>[[ejective consonant|ejective]]</small>
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| {{IPA link|tθʼ}} {{angbr|tthʼ}}
| {{IPA link|tʼ}} {{angbr|tʼ}}
| {{IPA link|tsʼ}} {{angbr|tsʼ}}
| {{IPA link|tɬʼ}} {{angbr|tłʼ}}
| {{IPA link|tʃʼ}} {{angbr|chʼ}}
| {{IPA link|kʼ}} {{angbr|kʼ}}
| {{IPA link|kʷʼ}} {{angbr|kwʼ}}
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! rowspan="2" | [[Fricative]]
! <small>voiceless</small>
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| {{IPA link|θ}} {{angbr|th}}
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| {{IPA link|s}} {{angbr|s}}
| {{IPA link|ɬ}} {{angbr|ł}}
| {{IPA link|ʃ}} {{angbr|sh}}
| {{IPA link|χ}} {{angbr|hh}}
| {{IPA link|χʷ}} {{angbr|hhw}}
| {{IPA link|h}} {{angbr|h}}
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! <small>voiced</small>
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| {{IPA link|ð}} {{angbr|dh}}
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| {{IPA link|z}} {{angbr|z}}
| {{IPA link|ɮ}} {{angbr|l}}
| {{IPA link|ʒ}} {{angbr|zh}}
| {{IPA link|ʁ}} {{angbr|gh}}
| {{IPA link|ʁʷ}} {{angbr|ghw}}
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! colspan="2" | [[Tap and flap consonants|Tap]]
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| {{IPA link|ɾ}} {{angbr|r}}
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! colspan="2" | [[Approximant]]
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| {{IPA link|l}} {{angbr|l}}
| {{IPA link|j}} {{angbr|y}}
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| {{IPA link|w}} {{angbr|w}}
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The inter-dental series of {{angbr|ddh}}, {{Angbr|tth}}, {{Angbr|tthʼ}}, {{Angbr|th}}, and {{Angbr|dh}} corresponds to s-like sibilants in other Na-Dené languages.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Goddard |first=Pliny |date=1912 |title=Analysis of Cold Lake Dialect, Chipewyan |journal=Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=67–170}}</ref>