Variety Yao P.21 (Atlantic-Congo)

Form Concept Segments

Consonants

Pulmonic Consonants
Place → Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
↓ Manner Bilabial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Palato-
alveolar		 Retroflex Alveolo-
palatal		 Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal
/ Epiglottal		 Glottal
Nasal m n nː ɲ ŋ
Stop p b t d k g
Sibilant affricate tʃ dʒ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s
Non-sibilant fricative v
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
Trill
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative
Lateral approximant
Lateral flap
Implosive

Vowels

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back Close Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open iunrounded close front vowel iːlong unrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel áunrounded open front with-high_tone vowel
Vowels

Other segments

 
Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ìì from unrounded close front with-low_tone to unrounded close front with-low_tone diphthong