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=== Consonants === {| class="wikitable nounderlines" style="text-align: center;" ! colspan="17" | Consonants (pulmonic) |- style="vertical-align: center; font-size: x-small; height: 2em;" ! style="font-size: 90%;" | [[Place of articulation]] → ! colspan="2" | [[Labial consonant|Labial]] ! colspan="4" | [[Coronal consonant|Coronal]] ! colspan="4" | [[Dorsal consonant|Dorsal]] ! colspan="6" | [[Laryngeal consonant|Laryngeal]] |- style="vertical-align: center; font-size: x-small; height: 3em;" ! style="font-size: 90%;" | [[Manner of articulation]] ↓ ! style="width: 4em;" | [[Bilabial consonant|Bilabial]] ! style="width: 4em;" | [[Labiodental consonant|Labio‐<br />dental]] ! style="width: 4em;" | [[Dental consonant|Dental]] ! style="width: 4em;" | [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]] ! style="width: 4em;" | [[Postalveolar consonant|Post‐<br />alveolar]] ! style="width: 4em;" | [[Retroflex consonant|Retro‐<br />flex]] ! style="width: 4em;" | [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]] ! style="width: 4em;" | [[Velar consonant|Velar]] ! colspan="2" style="width: 4em;" | [[Uvular consonant|Uvular]] ! colspan="2" style="width: 4em;" | [[Pharyngeal consonant|Pharyn‐<br />geal]] ! colspan="2" style="width: 4em;" | [[Epiglottal consonant|Epi‐<br />glottal]] ! colspan="2" style="width: 4em;" | [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]] |- style="font-size: 120%;" ! style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;" | [[Nasal stop|Nasal]] | [[bilabial nasal|<code>m</code>]] | [[labiodental nasal|<code>F</code>]] | colspan="3" | [[alveolar nasal|<code>n</code>]] | [[retroflex nasal|<code>n`</code>]] | | [[palatal nasal|<code>J</code>]] | [[velar nasal|<code>N</code>]] | colspan="2" | [[uvular nasal|<code>N\</code>]] | colspan="6" style="background:#ccc" | |- style="font-size: 120%;" ! style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;" | [[Plosive consonant|Plosive]] | [[voiceless bilabial plosive|<code>p</code>]] [[voiced bilabial plosive|<code>b</code>]] | [[voiceless labiodental plosive|<code>p_d</code>]] [[voiced labiodental plosive|<code>b_d</code>]] | colspan="3" | [[voiceless alveolar plosive|<code>t</code>]] [[voiced alveolar plosive|<code>d</code>]] | [[voiceless retroflex plosive|<code>t`</code>]] [[voiced retroflex plosive|<code>d`</code>]] | [[voiceless palatal plosive|<code>c</code>]] [[voiced palatal plosive|<code>J\</code>]] | [[voiceless velar plosive|<code>k</code>]] [[voiced velar plosive|<code>g</code>]] | colspan="2" | [[voiceless uvular plosive|<code>q</code>]] [[voiced uvular plosive|<code>G\</code>]] | colspan="2" style="background:#ccc" | | colspan="2" | [[epiglottal plosive|<code>>\</code>]] | style="width: 1em;" | [[glottal stop|<code>?</code>]] | style="width: 1em; background:#ccc" | |- style="font-size: 120%;" ! style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;" | [[Fricative consonant|Fricative]] | [[voiceless bilabial fricative|<code>p\</code>]] [[voiced bilabial fricative|<code>B</code>]] | [[voiceless labiodental fricative|<code>f</code>]] [[voiced labiodental fricative|<code>v</code>]] | [[voiceless dental fricative|<code>T</code>]] [[voiced dental fricative|<code>D</code>]] | [[voiceless alveolar fricative|<code>s</code>]] [[voiced alveolar fricative|<code>z</code>]] | [[voiceless postalveolar fricative|<code>S</code>]] [[voiced postalveolar fricative|<code>Z</code>]] | [[voiceless retroflex fricative|<code>s`</code>]] [[voiced retroflex fricative|<code>z`</code>]] | [[voiceless palatal fricative|<code>C</code>]] [[voiced palatal fricative|<code>j\</code>]] | [[voiceless velar fricative|<code>x</code>]] [[voiced velar fricative|<code>G</code>]] | style="width: 1em;" | [[voiceless uvular fricative|<code>X</code>]] | rowspan="2" style="width: 1em;" | [[voiced uvular fricative|<code>R</code>]] | style="width: 1em;" | [[voiceless pharyngeal fricative|<code>X\</code>]] | rowspan="2" | [[voiced pharyngeal fricative|<code>?\</code>]] | style="width: 1em;" | [[voiceless epiglottal fricative|<code>H\</code>]] | rowspan="2" style="width: 1em;" | [[voiced epiglottal fricative|<code><\</code>]] | rowspan="2" colspan="2" | [[voiceless glottal fricative|<code>h</code>]] [[voiced glottal fricative|<code>h\</code>]] |- style="font-size: 120%;" ! style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;" | [[Approximant consonant|Approximant]] | [[bilabial approximant|<code>B_o</code>]] | [[labiodental approximant|<code>v\</code>]] | colspan="3" | [[alveolar approximant|<code>r\</code>]] | [[retroflex approximant|<code>r\`</code>]] | [[palatal approximant|<code>j</code>]] | [[velar approximant|<code>M\</code>]] | | | |- style="font-size: 120%;" ! style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;" | [[Trill consonant|Trill]] | [[bilabial trill|<code>B\</code>]] | | colspan="3" | [[alveolar trill|<code>r</code>]] | [[retroflex trill|*]] | | style="background:#ccc" | | colspan="2" | [[uvular trill|<code>R\</code>]] | colspan="2" style="background:#ccc" | | colspan="2" | [[epiglottal trill|*]] | colspan="2" style="background:#ccc" | |- style="font-size: 120%;" ! style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;" | [[Flap consonant|Tap or Flap]] | | [[bilabial flap|*]]<sup>†</sup> | [[labiodental flap|*]]<sup>†</sup> | colspan="3" | [[alveolar tap|<code>4</code>]] | [[retroflex flap|<code>r`</code>]] | | style="background:#ccc" | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" style="background:#ccc" | | colspan="2" | [[epiglottal flap|*]] | colspan="2" style="background:#ccc" | |- style="font-size: 120%;" ! style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;" | [[Lateral consonant|Lateral Fricative]] | colspan="2" style="background:#ccc" | | colspan="3" | [[voiceless alveolar lateral fricative|<code>K</code>]] [[voiced alveolar lateral fricative|<code>K\</code>]] | [[voiceless retroflex lateral fricative|*]] | [[voiceless palatal lateral fricative|*]] | [[voiceless velar lateral fricative|*]] | colspan="2" | | colspan="7" style="background:#ccc" | |- style="font-size: 120%;" ! style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;" | [[Lateral consonant|Lateral Approximant]] | colspan="2" style="background:#ccc" | | colspan="3" | [[alveolar lateral approximant|<code>l</code>]] | [[retroflex lateral approximant|<code>l`</code>]] | [[palatal lateral approximant|<code>L</code>]] | [[velar lateral approximant|<code>L\</code>]] | colspan="2" | | colspan="7" style="background:#ccc" | |- style="font-size: 120%;" ! style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;" | [[Lateral consonant|Lateral Flap]] | colspan="2" style="background:#ccc" | | colspan="3" | [[alveolar lateral flap|<code>l\</code>]] | [[retroflex lateral flap|*]] | [[palatal lateral flap|*]] | [[velar lateral flap|*]] | colspan="2" | | colspan="7" style="background:#ccc" | |} * Asterisks (*) mark sounds that do not have X-SAMPA symbols. Daggers (†) mark IPA symbols that have recently been added to [[Unicode]]. Since April 2008, the latter is the case of the [[labiodental flap]], symbolized by a right-hook ''v'' in the IPA: [[File:Unicode 0x0475.svg]]. A convention for the labiodental flap does not yet exist in X-SAMPA. {| class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="2" | Coarticulated |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger; width: 2em;" | [[voiceless labio-velar approximant|<code>W</code>]] | Voiceless labialized velar approximant |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[labial-velar approximant|<code>w</code>]] | Voiced labialized velar approximant |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[labial-palatal approximant|<code>H</code>]] | Voiced labialized palatal approximant |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative|<code>s\</code>]] | Voiceless palatalized postalveolar (alveolo-palatal) fricative |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[voiced alveolo-palatal fricative|<code>z\</code>]] | Voiced palatalized postalveolar (alveolo-palatal) fricative |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[voiceless palatal-velar fricative|<code>x\</code>]] | Voiceless "palatal-velar" fricative |} {| class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="2" | Affricates and double articulation |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[voiceless alveolar affricate|<code>ts</code>]] | voiceless alveolar affricate |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[voiced alveolar affricate|<code>dz</code>]] | voiced alveolar affricate |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[voiceless postalveolar affricate|<code>tS</code>]] | voiceless postalveolar affricate |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[voiced postalveolar affricate|<code>dZ</code>]] | voiced postalveolar affricate |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate|<code>ts\</code>]] | voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[voiced alveolo-palatal affricate|<code>dz\</code>]] | voiced alveolo-palatal affricate |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[voiceless alveolar lateral affricate|<code>tK</code>]] | voiceless alveolar lateral affricate |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[voiced alveolar lateral affricate|<code>dK\</code>]] | voiced alveolar lateral affricate |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[voiceless labial-velar plosive|<code>kp</code>]] | voiceless labial-velar plosive |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[voiced labial-velar plosive|<code>gb</code>]] | voiced labial-velar plosive |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[labial-velar nasal|<code>Nm</code>]] | labial-velar nasal stop |} {| class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="6" | Consonants (non-pulmonic) |- style="vertical-align: top;" ! colspan="2" | [[Click consonant|Clicks]] ! colspan="2" | [[Implosive consonant|Implosives]] ! colspan="2" | [[Ejective consonant|Ejectives]] |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger; width: 2em;" | [[bilabial click|<code>O\</code>]] | Bilabial | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger; width: 2em;" | [[voiced bilabial implosive|<code>b_<</code>]] | Bilabial | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger; width: 2em;" | <code>_></code> | ''For example:'' |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[dental click|<code>|\</code>]] | Laminal alveolar ("dental") | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[voiced alveolar implosive|<code>d_<</code>]] | Alveolar | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[bilabial ejective|<code>p_></code>]] | Bilabial |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[postalveolar click|<code>!\</code>]] | Apical (post-) alveolar ("retroflex") | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[voiced palatal implosive|<code>J\_<</code>]] | Palatal | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[alveolar ejective|<code>t_></code>]] | Alveolar |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[palatal click|<code>=\</code>]] | Laminal postalveolar ("palatal") | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[voiced velar implosive|<code>g_<</code>]] | Velar | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[velar ejective|<code>k_></code>]] | Velar |- style="vertical-align: top;" | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[alveolar lateral click|<code>|\|\</code>]] | Lateral coronal ("lateral") | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[voiced uvular implosive|<code>G\_<</code>]] | Uvular | style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | [[alveolar ejective fricative|<code>s_></code>]] | Alveolar fricative |}
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