 Sometimes other strategies are used to refer to the dead, such as circumlocution via kinship terms.The consonant inventory is as follows, with the practical orthography in parentheses.Lardil's consonant inventory is fairly typical with respect to Australian phonology; it does not distinguish between voiced and unvoiced stops (such as b/p and g/k), and features a full set of stops and nasals at six places of articulation The distinction between ‘apical’ and ‘laminal’ consonants lies in whether the tip (apex) of the tongue or its flattened blade makes contact with the place of articulation.