Variety Suzhou (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  b  t d k  g ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ  tɕʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ɕ
Non-sibilant fricative f v h ɦ
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 ʮrounded close with-friction back vowel urounded close back vowel ʏrounded near-close near-front vowel ørounded close-mid front vowel ɤunrounded close-mid back vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel æunrounded near-open front vowel aunrounded open front vowel ɒrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

           
Other segments
 iɪ from unrounded close front to unrounded near-close near-front diphthong
 ²⁴ rising from-mid-low to-mid-high tone
 ⁴⁴ flat from-mid-high to-mid-high tone
 ²¹ falling from-mid-low to-low tone
 əu from unrounded mid central to rounded close back diphthong
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 ⁵¹³ contour from-high via-low to-mid tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ⁴¹ falling from-mid-high to-low tone
 ²³ rising from-mid-low to-mid tone
 ⁴ short from-mid-high tone
 ɥ voiced labio-palatal approximant consonant