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== व्यंजन ==
With approximately 25 phonemes, the German consonant system has an average number of consonants in comparison with other languages. One of the more noteworthy ones is the unusual [[affricate consonant#Non-sibilant affricates|affricate]] {{IPA|/p͡f/}}.<ref>For a detailed discussion of the German consonants from a synchronic and diachronic point of view, see {{Harvcoltxt|Cercignani|1979}}.</ref>
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!Bilabial
! [[Labial consonant|Labial]]
!Labiodental
! [[Dental consonant|Dental]]/<br/>[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
!Alveolar
! [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
!Postalveolar
! [[Velar consonant|Velar]]
!Palatal
! [[Uvular consonant|Uvular]]
!Velar
! [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
!Uvular
!Glottal
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!Plosive
!colspan=3| [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| {{IPA|p}} {{IPA link|mb}}
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|{{IPA link|n}}
| {{IPA|t}} {{IPA|d}}
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|{{IPA link|ŋ}}
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| {{IPA|k}} {{IPA|ɡ}}
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!Affricate
!rowspan=2 colspan=2|[[Plosive consonant|Plosive]]
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!{{small|[[Fortis and lenis|fortis]]}}
| {{IPA link|pp͡f}}
| {{IPA link|tt͡s}}
| {{IPA|t͡ʃ}} {{IPA|d͡ʒ}}
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|{{IPA link|k}}
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|({{IPA link|ʔ}})
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!Fricative
!{{small|[[Fortis and lenis|lenis]]}}
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|{{IPA link|b}}
| {{IPA|f}} {{IPA link|dv}}
| {{IPA|s}} {{IPA|z}}
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| {{IPA|ʃ}} {{IPA link|ɡʒ}}
| {{IPA|ç}}
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| {{IPA|x}}
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| {{IPA|ʁ}}
| {{IPA|h}}
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!Nasal
!rowspan=2 colspan=2|[[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
| {{IPA|m}}
!{{small|[[Fortis and lenis|fortis]]}}
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|{{IPA link|p͡f}}
| {{IPA link|t͡sn}}
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|{{IPA link|t͡ʃ}}
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| {{IPA|ŋ}}
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!Approximant
!{{small|[[Fortis and lenis|lenis]]}}
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| {{IPA link|d͡ʒl}}
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| {{IPA|j}}
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!rowspan=4|[[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
!rowspan=2|{{small|[[sibilant]]}}
!{{small|[[Fortis and lenis|fortis]]}}
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|{{IPA link|s}}
|{{IPA link|ʃ}}
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!{{small|[[Fortis and lenis|lenis]]}}
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|{{IPA link|z}}
|{{IPA link|ʒ}}
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!rowspan=2|{{small|non-sibilant}}
!{{small|[[Fortis and lenis|fortis]]}}
|{{IPAlink|f}}
|({{IPA link|θ}})
|{{IPA link|ç}}
|colspan=2|{{IPA link|x}}
|{{IPA link|h}}
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!{{small|[[Fortis and lenis|lenis]]}}
|{{IPA link|v}}
|({{IPA link|ð}})
|{{IPA|j}}
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!colspan=3| [[Lateral consonant|Lateral]]
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|{{IPAlink|l}}
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!colspan=3| [[Rhotic consonant|Rhotic]]
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|colspan=4|{{IPA|r}}
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