Variety Fuzhou (Sino-Tibetan)

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 ȵ ŋ ŋ̍
Stop p  t  k  ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z
Non-sibilant fricative β x h
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 yrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel œrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

                 
Other segments
 ⁴⁴ flat from-mid-high to-mid-high tone
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ⁴ short from-mid-high tone
 ⁵² falling from-high to-mid-low tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 ²⁴² contour from-mid-low via-mid-high to-mid-low tone
 ou from rounded close-mid back to rounded close back diphthong
 ²¹³ contour from-mid-low via-low to-mid tone
 øi from rounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ²³ rising from-mid-low to-mid tone
 ɵy from rounded close-mid central to rounded close front diphthong
 ɥ voiced labio-palatal approximant consonant
 aɔ from unrounded open front to rounded open-mid back diphthong
 eu from unrounded close-mid front to rounded close back diphthong
 ⁴⁵ rising from-mid-high to-high tone