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Main article: Læntixu

This page gives an extensive description of Læntixu phonological features.

Consonants

The consonant system distinguishes 26 phonemes, traditionally arranged in the following scheme:

		IPA			Transcription
plosive	voiceless	[p]	[k]	[t]	p	k	t
	voiced	[b]		[g]	b		g
	palatal		[c]			c
nasal		[m]	[n]	[ɲ]	m	n	ñ
liquid		[r]	[l]	[ʎ]	r	l	ʎ
fricative	dental		[θ]			θ
	sibilant		[s]			s
	post-alveolar	[ʃ]		[ʒ]	š		ž
	labio-dental	[f]		[v]	f		v
	glottal		[h]			h
	palatal		[ç]			ç
	bilabial		[ɸ]			ɸ
	velar	[x]		[ɣ]	x		ɣ
approximant		[j]		[w]	j		w
affricate			[ʧ]			č

The group of the plosive consonants distinguishes four sub-groups: voiceless, voiced, palatal and uvular, even though the uvular sub-group includes only the phoneme [q].

The groups of the nasal and of the liquid consonants are slighty poorer, but anyway quite developed. There are noticeably two clearly distinct rothic phonemes, namely [r] and [ɾ].

The group of the fricative consonants is overall well developed and rich in points of articulation, with a limited distinction between some voiced and voiceless phonemes.

There are two affricate consonants, voiceless [ʧ] and voiced [ʤ]. The phoneme [j] can have only a full consonantal value and it is never regarded as a semivowel.