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Retroflex – – – 1 – 1 – –
Palatal – – – 1 – – – –

Velar 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2
3. fricatives 2 2 2 2 2 6 2 2

Labio-dental – – – – – 1 – –
Dental – – – – – – – 1

Alveolar 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 –
Velar – – – – – 1 – –

Glottal 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4. Affricates 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Dental – – – – – – – 4
Palatal – – – 4 – 4 – –

Palato-alveolar 4 – 4 – – – – –
Alveolar – 4 – – 4 – 4 –

5. Laterals and flaps/trills 6 4 2 – 2 4 2 4
Dental laterals – – – – – – – 2

Dental flaps/trills – – – – – – – 2
Alveolar laterals 2 2 1 6 1 1 1 –

Alveolar flaps/trills 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 –
Palatal laterals – – – 2 – – – –

Retroflex flaps 2 – 1 2 – 2 – –
6. Glides 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

7. Aspiration + + + + + + + +
8. Voicing + + + + + + + +

9. Breathy contrasts + – – – – – – –
10. Sonorant contrasts + – – – – – – –

Breathy – – – – – – – –
Devoicing + – – – – – – –

11. Vowel system 8 6 8 11 6 10 6 6
Nasalized vowels + + + + + + + +

Diphthongs + + + + + + + +
Triphthongs + – – – – – – –

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