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2) "t"s in the middle of words tend to be replaced by glottal stops: New Bri'ain, not New Britain, in a way that varies statewide. Debuccalization of /t/ before /n/ (or its syllabic equivalent) is characteristic of a lot of North American dialects. Post-vocalic [t] is practically non-exis...

/ħɒtakɒtí/ <Xotakotí> /p b~m t ts d~n k g~ŋ/ <p b t ts d k g> /s z ç ʝ ħ h/ <s z c j x h> /l j w/ <l y w> /i u a ɒ~ɔ/ <i u a o> /ĩ ũ ã ɒ̃/ <in un an on> /paħukí iħáʝĩ ʝáu=çɒ | tsádijɒ gáiħa bɒ̀sũħa ʝáu=sã || ħu asã=gɒ̃túilĩ | duɒ́ʝaipɒ̃zagulĩ || tsádijɒ halí zi gái||/ Paxukí ixájin jáuco, tsádiyo gá...

Voiced plosives can turn into implosives. Voiceless plosives can also turn into implosives. But breathy-voiced plosives probably can't.

*v *j > b ɟ is attested in Nganasan. /d g/ only occur natively from consonant gradation. In Nivkh, there's initial lenition in certain environments. /tʰ t/ lenite to /r̥ r/, and /cʰ c/ lenite to /s z/. There doesn't have to be a firm distinction between fricatives and affricates; some languages in E...

/p pʷ ᵐb t ⁿd k kʷ ⁿʥ ᵑɡ ᵑɡʷ/ <p b ḅ t d k q j ġ q̇> /m mʷ n ɲ ŋ ŋʷ/ <m ẇ n ñ g q̃> /r/ <r> /β s/ <v s> /w l j/ <w l (h)y> /i ɨ u e ə o ɑ/ <iy i u ey e o a> /ⁿdɨkɲɨɲᵐbə ⁿdɨrɨt kɑpuk kutⁿdɨŋʷurɨn || nɑte wəⁿdɨkə ⁿde ᵑɡu tuwe wukŋəsɨkɨrɨkŋɨk || wukŋəsɨkɨrɨkⁿdəkə ⁿdɨ ⁿderɨt wək | ləs mɨ tuwe kure je ᵑɡ...

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