Variety Nanchang (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
Stop  p t  k 
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ  tɕʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s ɕ
Non-sibilant fricative f 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 ɿunrounded close with-friction back vowel urounded close back vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

              
Other segments
 ⁴² falling from-mid-high to-mid-low tone
 ⁵ short from-high tone
 ²¹³ contour from-mid-low via-low to-mid tone
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 ²⁴ rising from-mid-low to-mid-high tone
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ⁰ short neutral tone
 ɛu from unrounded open-mid front to rounded close back diphthong
 əu from unrounded mid central to rounded close back diphthong
 ɥ voiced labio-palatal approximant consonant
 ɔu from rounded open-mid back to rounded close back diphthong