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Use base consonants only
Labial
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Bilabial
Labio-dental
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Alveolar
Palato-alveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
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Epi-glottal
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Plosive
 p           t               k      
 
 
 
 
  
 
Nasal
   m           n               ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
               r            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
                                                
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
               ɹ           j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Selected languages: Malakmalak
UPSID number: 8356
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Australian, Daly
The languages has 19 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [p] [t] [t̠] [k] [r] [l] [l̠] [w] [ɹ] [j] [m] [n] [n̠] [ŋ] [i] [ʊ] [ø̠] [ɛ] [ä]
Comments: Stops are voiced intervocalically and after voiced consonants, voiceless elsewhere. Initially, single consonants or the vowels /E, a/ appear. There are a large number of medial clusters, seven clusters with a liquid as first member occur finally.
Sources: Birk, D.B.W. 1975. The phonology of Malakmalak. Papers in Australian Linguistics 8 (Pacific Linguistics, Series A, 39): 59-78. Tryon, D.T. 1974. Daly Family Languages (Pacific Linguistics, Series C, 32). Australian National University, Canberra.