Variety Du'an Gaoling (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
Stop p ˀb t ˀd k ʔ
Sibilant affricate
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative ɕ
Non-sibilant fricative f θ ð h
Approximant ʋ 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 ɯunrounded close back vowel ɯːlong unrounded close back vowel ɪunrounded near-close near-front vowel ʊrounded near-close near-back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɛːlong unrounded open-mid front vowel ɜunrounded open-mid central vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel ɐunrounded near-open central vowel long unrounded open front vowel aunrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

                                  
Other segments
 ɛːu from long unrounded open-mid front to rounded close back diphthong
 ⁵³ falling from-high to-mid tone
 ²² flat from-mid-low to-mid-low tone
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 ɜi from unrounded open-mid central to unrounded close front diphthong
 ⁴⁴ flat from-mid-high to-mid-high tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ²³ rising from-mid-low to-mid tone
 ⁴³³ falling from-mid-high via-mid to-mid tone
 ²³¹ contour from-mid-low via-mid to-low tone
 ou from rounded close-mid back to rounded close back diphthong
 ²¹ falling from-mid-low to-low tone
 əɯ from unrounded mid central to unrounded close back diphthong
 ³⁴¹ contour from-mid via-mid-high to-low tone
 ²¹⁴ contour from-mid-low via-low to-mid-high tone
 oɐ from rounded close-mid back to unrounded near-open central diphthong
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ³⁴ rising from-mid to-mid-high tone
 ea from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded open front diphthong
 ⁴³ falling from-mid-high to-mid tone
 oɜ from rounded close-mid back to unrounded open-mid central diphthong
 aːi from long unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 eɜ from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded open-mid central diphthong
 aːu from long unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 ɐu from unrounded near-open central to rounded close back diphthong
 uːi from long rounded close back to unrounded close front diphthong
 ³² falling from-mid to-mid-low tone
 oːi from long rounded close-mid back to unrounded close front diphthong
 iːu from long unrounded close front to rounded close back diphthong
 eə from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded mid central diphthong
 ⁴⁵ rising from-mid-high to-high tone
 ɔɜ from rounded open-mid back to unrounded open-mid central diphthong
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ɛu from unrounded open-mid front to rounded close back diphthong