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'''Denobulan''' ([[wp:Help:IPA|/də'noʊ.bju.læn/]]) is the primary language spoken by [[Denobulan|Denobulans]] along with Federation Standard. Most Denobulans who grew up on the planet speak both the languages. The language has been heavily influenced by [[Federation Standard]] since the planet's entry to the Federation; some Denobulans prefer speaking Standard, even among other Denobulans. However, as part of the Federation, the number of non-native speakers has grown significantly.

==Disclaimer==

Throughout this page, the International Phonetic Alphabet is used. For more information about that, please visit [[wp:Help:IPA|this article]].

==Phonology==

===Consonants===

The following table shows the consonant phonemes of Denobulan:

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| style="font-style:italic;" | Fricative

| style="text-align: center;" | s

| style="text-align: center; background-color:#efefef;" |  

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====Notes====

* Unlike Federation Standard, Denobulan doesn't aspirize its voiceless plosives. However, in some non-native dialects aspirization can be found.

* There are no voiced fricatives in Denobulan, although most speakers pronounce fricatives between two vowels as voiced phonemes, which are written phonetically as [β], [z] and [ɦ].

* The bilabial fricative [ɸ] sounds like Federation Standard's [f] but does not include the lower teeth touching the upper lip.

* The bilabial approximant [β̞] sounds like Federation Standard's [w] but does not include pushing the tongue back to the velar.

* The lateral approximant [l] never velarizes, unlike in Federation Standard (compare "<u>l</u>ab" and "ba<u>ll</u>", the latter is velarized).

| style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 | ä

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====Notes====

** In other dialects, it might be pronounced as [a], [ɐ] or [ɑ].

* Vowels will be nasalized slightly when succeeded by nasal consonants. The nasal consonants are still pronounced.

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