Variety Wenzhou (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 ŋ̍ ŋ
Stop p  b t  d k  g
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ dz  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 yrounded close front vowel iunrounded close front vowel ɿunrounded close with-friction back vowel urounded close back vowel ørounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɜunrounded open-mid central vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

                
Other segments
 ⁴⁴ flat from-mid-high to-mid-high tone
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ¹² rising from-low to-mid-low tone
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 ²⁴ rising from-mid-low to-mid-high tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ⁴² falling from-mid-high to-mid-low tone
 ¹¹ flat from-low to-low tone
 ⁴⁵ rising from-mid-high to-high tone
 ⁰ short neutral tone
 øi from rounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ²³ rising from-mid-low to-mid tone
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 ɥ voiced labio-palatal approximant consonant
 əu from unrounded mid central to rounded close back diphthong
 ¹³ rising from-low to-mid tone