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Main article: Eβmiʔ

This page gives an extensive description of Eβmiʔ phonological features.

Consonants

The consonant system distinguishes 29 phonemes, traditionally arranged in the following scheme:

		IPA			Transcription
plosive	voiced	[b]	[g]	[d]	b	g	d
	retroflex	[ʈ]		[ɖ]	ʈ		ɖ
	glottal		[ʔ]			ʔ
nasal		[m]		[n]	m		n
liquid		[r]		[l]	r		l
		[ɽ]		[ʎ]	ɽ		ʎ
fricative	sibilant	[s]		[z]	s		z
	alveolar	[ʃ]		[ʒ]	š		ž
	velar	[ɣ]		[x]	ɣ		x
	glottal		[ɦ]			h
	labio-dental		[v]			v
	palatal		[ç]			ç
	bilabial		[β]			β
	dental		[ð]			ð
	dental		[ð]			ð
affricate		[ʧ]		[ʤ]	č		ğ
approximant		[j]		[w]	j		w

The group of the plosive consonants is essentially rich and distinguishes two sub-groups: voiceless and voiced.

The groups of the nasal and of the liquid consonants are slighty poorer, but anyway quite developed.

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

There are two affricate consonants, [ʧ] and [ʤ]. Quite remarkably, there are no approximant phonemes.