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Main article: Memniq

This page gives an extensive description of Memniq phonological features.

Consonants

The consonant system distinguishes 24 phonemes, traditionally arranged in the following scheme:

		IPA			Transcription
plosive	voiceless	[p]	[k]	[t]	p	k	t
	uvular		[q]			q
	glottal		[ʔ]			ʔ
nasal		[m]		[n]	m		n
liquid		[r]	[ʀ]	[l]	r	ŕ	l
fricative	sibilant	[s]	[s]	[s]	s	s	s
	velar		[x]			x
	pharyngeal		[ħ]			ħ
	dental		[θ]			ť
	glottal		[h]			h
	palatal		[ç]			ç
	labio-dental		[f]			f
approximant		[j]		[w]	j		w
approximant		[j]		[w]	j		w

The group of the plosive consonants distinguishes three sub-groups: voiceless, voiced, and aspirated, even though the voiced sub-group includes only the phoneme [g].

The group of the fricative consonants is overall well developed, although less rich, like the group of the nasal and of the liquid consonants. The glottal consonant, [ʔ], while formally a plosive, is traditionally included in the fricative group. The phonemes [j] and [w] have a full consonantal value and they are never regarded as semivowels.