Editing Armenian language (section)

===Consonants===
The following table lists the Eastern Armenian consonantal system. The occlusives and [[affricate consonant|affricates]] have an aspirated series, commonly transcribed with a reversed [[apostrophe]] after the letter. Each phoneme in the table is represented by IPA, Armenian script and romanization.

{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
|+Eastern Armenian consonant phonemes<ref>{{Harvnb|Dum-Tragut|2009|pp=17–20}}</ref>
! colspan="2" | 
![[Labial consonant|Labial]]
![[Dental consonant|Dental]]/<br />[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
![[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
![[Velar consonant|Velar]]
![[Uvular consonant|Uvular]]
![[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| {{IPAslink|m}} {{lang|hy|մ}} – m
| {{IPAslink|n}} {{lang|hy|ն}} – n
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| ({{IPA link|ŋ}}){{efn-lr|Occurs before velars.}}
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! rowspan="3" | [[Plosive]]
! <small>[[voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>{{efn-lr|name=plosives|/pʰ p b/ in Eastern Armenian dialects generally correspond to /pʰ b pʰ/ in Western dialects (more detailed table given below).}}
| {{IPAslink|b}} {{lang|hy|բ}} – b
| {{IPAslink|d}} {{lang|hy|դ}} – d
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| {{IPAslink|ɡ}} {{lang|hy|գ}} – g
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! <small>[[voicelessness|voiceless]]</small>{{efn-lr|name=ejectives|Some of the dialects may release the voiceless stops and affricates as ejectives.<ref>{{Harvnb|Dum-Tragut|2009|pp=17–18}}</ref>}}{{efn-lr|name=plosives}}
| {{IPAslink|p}} {{lang|hy|պ}} – p
| {{IPAslink|t}} {{lang|hy|տ}} – t
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| {{IPAslink|k}} {{lang|hy|կ}} – k
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|-
! <small>[[aspirated consonant|aspirated]]</small>{{efn-lr|name=plosives}}
| {{IPAslink|pʰ}} {{lang|hy|փ}} – pʻ
| {{IPAslink|tʰ}} {{lang|hy|թ}} – tʻ
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| {{IPAslink|kʰ}} {{lang|hy|ք}} – kʻ
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! rowspan="3" | [[Affricate]]
! <small>[[voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>{{efn-lr|name=plosives}}
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| {{IPAslink|d͡z}} {{lang|hy|ձ}} – j
| {{IPAslink|d͡ʒ}} {{lang|hy|ջ}} – ǰ
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|-
! <small>[[voicelessness|voiceless]]</small>{{efn-lr|name=ejectives}}{{efn-lr|name=plosives}}
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| {{IPAslink|t͡s}} {{lang|hy|ծ}} – c
| {{IPAslink|t͡ʃ}} {{lang|hy|ճ}} – č
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|-
! <small>[[aspirated consonant|aspirated]]</small>{{efn-lr|name=plosives}}
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| {{IPAslink|t͡sʰ}} {{lang|hy|ց}} – cʻ
| {{IPAslink|t͡ʃʰ}} {{lang|hy|չ}} – čʻ
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! rowspan="2" | [[Fricative]]
! <small>[[voicelessness|voiceless]]</small>
| {{IPAslink|f}} {{lang|hy|ֆ}} – f
| {{IPAslink|s}} {{lang|hy|ս}} – s
| {{IPAslink|ʃ}} {{lang|hy|շ}} – š
|colspan=2| /{{IPA link|x}} ~ {{IPA link|χ}}/{{efn-lr|name=velar_uvular|Sources differ on the place of articulation of these consonants.}} {{lang|hy|խ}} – x 
| {{IPAslink|h}} {{lang|hy|հ}} – h
|-
! <small>[[voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
| {{IPAslink|v}} {{lang|hy|վ}} – v
| {{IPAslink|z}} {{lang|hy|զ}} – z
| {{IPAslink|ʒ}} {{lang|hy|ժ}} – ž
|colspan=2| /{{IPA link|ɣ}} ~ {{IPA link|ʁ}}/{{efn-lr|name=velar_uvular}} {{lang|hy|ղ}} – ġ 
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|-
! colspan="2" | [[Approximant]]
| ({{IPA link|ʋ}})
| {{IPAslink|l}} {{lang|hy|լ}} – l
| {{IPAslink|j}} {{lang|hy|յ}} – y
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! colspan="2" | [[Trill consonant|Trill]]
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| {{IPAslink|r}} {{lang|hy|ռ}} – ṙ
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! colspan="2" |[[Tap and flap consonants|Flap]]
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|/{{IPA link|ɾ}}/ {{lang|hy|ր}} – r
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The major phonetic difference between dialects is in the reflexes of Classical Armenian [[voice-onset time]]. The seven dialect types have the following correspondences, illustrated with the t–d series:<ref>{{Harvnb|Price|2005}}</ref>
:{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
|+Correspondence in initial position
!Armenian Letter
|Թ
|Տ
|Դ
|-
![[Proto-Indo-European language|Indo-European]]
|*{{IPA|t}}
|*{{IPA|d}}
|*{{IPA|dʰ}}
|-
![[Erzurum|Karin]], [[Sivas, Turkey|Sebastia]]
| rowspan="6" |{{IPA|tʰ}}
|{{IPA|d}}
|{{IPA|dʱ}}
|-
![[Istanbul]]
|colspan=2|{{IPA|d}}
|-
![[Kharberd]], [[Middle Armenian]]
| rowspan="2" |{{IPA|d}}
|{{IPA|t}}
|-
![[Malatya]], [[Western Armenian|SWA]]
|{{IPA|tʰ}}
|-
![[Classical Armenian]], [[Yuxarı Əylis|Agulis]], [[Eastern Armenian|SEA]], [[Yerevan dialect|Yerevan]]
|{{IPA|t}}
|{{IPA|d}}
|-
![[Van, Turkey|Van]], Artsakh
|colspan=2|{{IPA|t}}
|}