The obstruents divide into plosives and fricatives, both of which come in a voiced and a voiceless series. The voiced and voiceless plosives have distinctive value, as shown by the examples in the table below:

pear/pɪər/pair - bear/bɪər/bear

plom/plom/plume - blom/blom/flower

prûk/pruk/wig - brûk(e)/bruk/to use

sip/sɪp/glum, sour - sib/sɪb/related

drippel/drɪpəl/drop(let) - dribbel/drɪbəl/ in: op'e – wêzebe on a spree, be on a loose

toer/tuər/tower - doer/duər/duration

tril(je)/trɪl/to tremble - dril/drɪl/jelly

graat/ɡra:t/(fish) bone - graad/ɡra:d/degree

akkoart/akoət/agreement - akkoard/akoəd/chord

liter/litər/litre - lider/lidər/ in: de – wêzebe the victim, be left holding the baby

kear/kɪər/time; turn - gear/ɡɪər/done, cooked

klei/klaj/claw (hoofed animals) - glei/ɡlaju/inflamed, fiery

krom/krom/bent, crooked - grom/ɡrom/coffee grounds; fishguts

The plosives have an almost symmetrical distribution, i.e., the voiced and voiceless ones occur in word-initial, word-medial, and word-final position. Though there are not many words ending in the bilabial voiced plosive /b/, the latter is not excluded in word-final position. This is different for the voiced velar plosive /ɡ/, which only occurs in word-initial position and at the beginning of a word-medial stressed syllable; as such it is exceptional among the plosives.