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{| class="wikitable IPA" style="margin: 0 auto;"
 
|-
 
! colspan="2"|
 
! Labial
 
! Alveolar
 
! Palatal
 
! Velar
 
! Uvular
 
! Glottal
 
|-
 
!rowspan="5"| Stops
 
!class="small"| V'less
 
| p
 
| t
 
| c~ʧ
 
| k
 
| q
 
| ʔ
 
|-
 
!class="small"| Voiced
 
| b
 
| d
 
| ɟ~ʤ
 
| g
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
!class="small"| Implosive
 
| ɓ
 
| ɗ
 
| ʄ
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
!class="small"| Voiceless Implosive
 
| ƥ
 
| ƭ
 
| ƈ
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
!class="small"| Prenasalized
 
| ᵐb
 
| ⁿd
 
| ⁿɟ
 
| ⁿg
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
!colspan="2"| Nasal
 
| m
 
| n
 
| ɲ
 
| ŋ
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
!colspan="2"| Fricative
 
| f
 
| s
 
|  
 
|  
 
| χ~h
 
|  
 
|-
 
!colspan="2"| Tap/Trill
 
|  
 
| ɾ~r
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
!colspan="2"| Liquid
 
|  
 
| l
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
!colspan="2"| Implosive lateral
 
|  
 
| ɗl
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
!colspan="2"| Glide
 
| ʋ~β̞~w
 
|  
 
| j
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
Notes:
 
*The modal voice palatal stops tend to be pronounced as affricates word initially, and stops elsewhere. The implosive palatal stops do not exhibit this alternation.
 
*/r/ can be pronounced as either a tap/flap, or a trill. In slower or more careful speech, the trill is more likely to surface.
 
*The labial glide is not exactly [w], but there may in fact be velar co-articulation. Note that in certain morpho-phonological alternations, /w/ and /k/ pattern together, as well as /w/, /b/ and /p/.
 
* The back fricative /χ/ is alternately pronounced as [χ] or [h]. In quicker speech, [h] is more likely to surface, with [χ] being the more common allophone in slower or more careful speech.
 
* In quick speech, the prenasalized stop /ɲɟ/ is often pronounced as [ɲj].
 
* /k/ sometime has a backed allophone [q] in the presence of the vowels /a/ or /o/. It is not yet clear whether every instance of [q] is an allophone of /k/, or if there is a phonemic contrast in some environments.
 
* The voiceless (non-implosive) stops are pronounced as alternately aspirated, unaspirated, or lightly ejective. The conditioning environments for this allophony are not yet completely clear.
 
* Initially (and of course medially), the voiced stops are fully voiced, with voicing and closure being essentially simultaneous.
 
* Voiced stops (implosive, modal, and prenasalized) undergo some degree of word- or phrase-final devoicing in quick speech. Tentatively, this does not seem to cause complete devoicing, avoiding neutralization with the voiceless stops.
 
 
===Minimal Pairs===
 

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