Editing Guarani language (section)

=== Consonants ===
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|+ Guarani consonants<ref>{{cite web |others=Michael, Lev, Tammy Stark, Emily Clem, and Will Chang (compilers) |year=2015 |url=http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~saphon/en/inv/GuaraniP.html |title=Phonological inventory of Paraguayan Guarani |department=South American Phonological Inventory Database |version=1.1.4. |website=Survey of California and Other Indian Languages |location=Berkeley |publisher=University of California}}</ref>
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! rowspan="2" | [[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Alveolo-palatal consonant|Alveolo-<br>palatal]]
! colspan="2" | [[Velar consonant|Velar]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
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! {{small|plain}} || {{small|[[Labialization|lab.]]}}
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! colspan="2" | [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| rowspan="2" | {{IPA link|ᵐb}}~{{IPA link|m}}<br />{{angbr|mb~m}}
| rowspan="2" | {{IPA link|ⁿd}}~{{IPA link|n}}<br />{{angbr|nd~n}}
| rowspan="2" | {{IPA link|ᵈj}}~{{IPA link|ɲ}}<br />{{angbr|j~ñ}}
| rowspan="2" | {{IPA link|ᵑɡ}}~{{IPA link|ŋ}}<br />{{angbr|ng}}
| rowspan="2" | {{IPA link|ᵑɡʷ}}~{{IPA link|ŋʷ}}<br />{{angbr|ngu}}
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! rowspan="2" | [[Stop consonant|Stop]]|| {{small|[[Voiced consonant|voiced]]}}
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! {{small|[[Voiceless consonant|voiceless]]}}
| {{IPA link|p}}
| {{IPA link|t}}
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| {{IPA link|k}}
| {{IPA link|kʷ}} {{angbr|ku}}
| {{IPA link|ʔ}} {{angbr|ʼ}}
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! colspan="2" | [[Fricative]]
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| {{IPA link|s}}
| {{IPA link|ɕ}} {{angbr|ch}}
| colspan="3" | {{IPA link|x}} ~ {{IPA link|h}} {{angbr|h}}
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! colspan="2" | [[Approximant]]
| {{IPA link|ʋ}} {{angbr|v}}
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| {{IPA link|ɰ}} ~ {{IPA link|ɰ̃}}<br />{{angbr|g}} ~ {{angbr|g̃}}
| {{IPA link|w}} ~ {{IPA link|w̃}}<br />{{angbr|gu}} ~ {{angbr|g̃u}}
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! colspan="2" | [[Flap consonant|Flap]]
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| {{IPA link|ɾ}} {{angbr|r}}
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The [[voiced]] consonants have oral [[allophone]]s (left) before oral vowels, and [[Nasalization|nasal]] allophones (right) before [[nasal vowel]]s. The oral allophones of the voiced stops are [[prenasalized]].

There is also a sequence {{IPA|/ⁿt/}} (written {{angbr|nt}}). A trill {{IPA|/r/}} (written {{angbr|rr}}), and the consonants {{IPA|/l/}}, {{IPA|/f/}}, and {{IPA|/j/}} (written {{angbr|ll}}) are not native to Guarani, but come from Spanish.

Oral {{IPA|/ᵈj/}} is often pronounced {{IPAblink|dʒ}}, {{IPAblink|ɟ}}, {{IPAblink|ʒ}}, {{IPAblink|j}}, depending on the dialect, but the nasal allophone is always {{IPAblink|ɲ}}.

The dorsal fricative is in free variation between {{IPAblink|x}} and {{IPAblink|h}}.

{{angbr|g}}, {{angbr|gu}} are approximants, not fricatives, but are sometimes transcribed {{IPAblink|ɣ}}, {{IPAblink|ɣʷ}}, as is conventional for Spanish. {{angbr|gu}} is also transcribed {{IPA|[ɰʷ]}}, which is essentially identical to {{IPAblink|w}}.

All syllables are open, viz. CV or V, ending in a vowel.