Variety Tangnian (Tai-Kadai)

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 ŋ̊ ŋ̍
Stop p  ⁿb t  ⁿd d ȶ ȶʰ k   q  ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ɕ
Non-sibilant fricative f v x ɣ 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 urounded close back vowel ɿunrounded close with-friction back vowel ʊrounded near-close near-back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel aunrounded open front vowel long unrounded open front vowel nasalized unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

          
Other segments
 ¹ short from-low tone
 ui from rounded close back to unrounded close front diphthong
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 aːu from long unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 õi from nasalized rounded close-mid back to unrounded close front diphthong
 aːi from long unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 eu from unrounded close-mid front to rounded close back diphthong
 oi from rounded close-mid back to unrounded close front diphthong
 ɛu from unrounded open-mid front to rounded close back diphthong