Peripheral consonant

<h2 id="phonology">Phonology</h2>
Australian peripheral consonants<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th></th><th><a href="/facts/Bilabial_consonant/q2H5MUAe">Bilabial</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Velar_consonant/blWClp79">Velar</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Stop_consonant/okC9pztc">Stop</a></th><td>p</td><td>k</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Nasal_consonant/m6D3cVhe">Nasal</a></th><td>m</td><td>ŋ</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Approximant/SXrlw7zY">Approximant</a></th><td colspan="2">w</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>Australian languages typically favour peripheral consonants word- and syllable-initially, and they are not allowed or common word- and syllable-finally, unlike the <a href="/facts/Apical_consonant/L7691gMF">apicals</a>.
</p><p>In the extinct <a href="/facts/Martuthunira_language/EDJ1LXcb">Martuthunira</a>, the peripheral stops /p/ and /k/ shared similar <a href="/facts/Allophony/2gp1p5PN">allophony</a>. Whereas the other stops could be voiced between vowels or following a nasal, the peripherals were usually voiceless.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Rhinoglottophilia/BHqPgzv1">Rhinoglottophilia</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. 63. ISBN 0521473780. <a href="0521473780" target="_blank">0521473780</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Peripheral consonant