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Sinatolean broad and slender consonants

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Like in Irish, the realisation of consonants in Sinatolean change depending on the vowel after it. For example, a /g/ before an /i/ or /e/(slender vowels) changes to /ɟ/, while the same for /k/ changes it to /c/. These changes are not shown in the orthography.

Base
Phoneme
Broad Example
Slender
Plosives
/p/ /p/ pola [pɔla] "move(jussive)"
/f/ pisani [fisaɲi] "those dogs"
/b/ /b/ boso [bɔsɔ] "roof"
/v/ labin [laviɲ] "wave"
/t/ tolo [tɔlɔ] "triggerfish"
/d/ /d/ dole [dɔle] "islands"
/ɟ/ didika [ɟiɟika] "beach"
/k/ /k/ angaka [aŋaka] "temple, shrine"
/c/ kēnene [ceːɲeɲe] "waterfalls"
/g/ /g/ ganeu [gaɲəw] "pet food"
/ɟ/ ginja [ɟiɲd͡ʑa] "june, 6 months"
/ʔ/ āyo [ʔajɔ] "hey (Sinatʼ regional variation)",
janiʼpi [d͡ʑaɲiʔfi] "jasmine tea"
Fricatives
/h/ /x/ sahala [saxala] "Sahara desert"
/h/ mēhi [meːhi] "May, 5 months"
/s/ /s/ sāno [saːnɔ] "wind"
/ɕ/ sinadoleya [ɕinaˈdɔleja] "Sinatolean language"
/z/ /z/ zon [zɔn] "zone"
/ʑ/ uklēzin [ukleːʑiɲ] "Ukrainian"
Nasals
/n/ /n/ nak [nak] "bird"
/ɲ/ sin [ɕiɲ] "person"
/m/ /m/ moyu [mɔju] "rubber"
/ɱ/ jemepye [d͡ʑeɱepje] "physical education"
(contraction of jemakan epyegēs)
Lateral Approximants
/l/ /l/ or /ɫ/ lonos [lɔnɔs] "time"
/ʎ/ ēliād [ʔeʎi.aːd] "The Iliad"