Table 1 Manner and place of articulation of consonants in Maltese (Azzopardi, 1981; Borg and Azzopardi-Alexander, 1997; Mifsud, 2008; Galea, 2016).

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Bilabial

Labiodental

Dental

Alveolar

Postalveolar

Palatal

Velar

Glottal

Plosive

p b

 

t d

 

k ɡ

ʔ

Nasal

m

 

n

   

Fricative

 

f v

 

s z

ʃ ʒ

  

h

Affricate

   

ts dz

tʃ dʒ

   

Approximant

w

 

ɹ

j

  

Lateral

  

l

   
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