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| style="font-style:italic;" | Affricates | | style="font-style:italic;" | Affricates | ||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#efefef;" | | | style="text-align: center; background-color:#efefef;" | | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | t͡s | | style="text-align: center;" | t͡s | ||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#efefef;" | | | style="text-align: center; background-color:#efefef;" | | ||
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#efefef;" | | | style="text-align: center; background-color:#efefef;" | | ||
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* The glottal plosive is only placed between two of the same vowel phones. | * The glottal plosive is only placed between two of the same vowel phones. | ||
* The pre-nasalized plosives are a relic of Denobulan's proto-language and can only be found word-initially nowadays. Second language speakers often struggle pronouncing these two phonemes. | * The pre-nasalized plosives are a relic of Denobulan's proto-language and can only be found word-initially nowadays. Second language speakers often struggle pronouncing these two phonemes. | ||
* The | * The affricate [ts] is often pronounced as the palato-alveolar affricate [t͡ʃ] or sometimes [d͡ʒ] due to Federation Standard influences. | ||
* There are no voiced fricatives in Denobulan, although some speakers pronounce fricatives between two vowels as voiced phonemes, which are written [β], [z] and [ɦ]. | * There are no voiced fricatives in Denobulan, although some speakers pronounce fricatives between two vowels as voiced phonemes, which are written [β], [z] and [ɦ]. | ||
* The bilabial fricative sounds like Federation Standard's [f] but does not include the lower teeth touching the upper lip. | * The bilabial fricative sounds like Federation Standard's [f] but does not include the lower teeth touching the upper lip. | ||