Variety Shergaon (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 ɲ ŋ
Stop p pʰ b tʰ t d k kʰ g
Sibilant affricate tsʰ ts dz tɕʰ tɕ dʑ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ɕ
Non-sibilant fricative f h
Approximant l ɹ j
Flap or tap
Trill r
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 yrounded close front vowel ĩːlong nasalized unrounded close front vowel yːlong rounded close front vowel uːlong rounded close back vowel urounded close back vowel uˀglottalized rounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel eːlong unrounded close-mid front vowel øːlong rounded close-mid front vowel eˀglottalized unrounded close-mid front vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɛ̃ːlong nasalized unrounded open-mid front vowel ɛːlong unrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel ɔːlong rounded open-mid back vowel ɔ̃ːlong nasalized rounded open-mid back vowel ɔ̃nasalized rounded open-mid back vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel aunrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

   
Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ɔi from rounded open-mid back to unrounded close front diphthong