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Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a voiced consonant. Shaded areas denote articulations judged impossible.
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Uvular |
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Alveolar fricative |
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a rounded vowel.
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Voiceless labial-velar fricative |
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Voiceless epiglottal fricative |
Affricates and double articulations can be represented by two symbols joined by a tie bar if necessary.
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Diacritics may be placed above a symbol with a descender, e.g. ŋ̊
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↑ | Upstep | ↘ | Global fall |