Variety Biao Min (Hmong-Mien)

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 ȵ̊ ŋ ŋ̊
Stop p  b t  ⁿt d k  g ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ dz  tɕʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s ɕ ʑ
Non-sibilant fricative x h
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
Trill
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative ɬ ɬʲ
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 long rounded close-mid back vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

                  
Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 ²¹ falling from-mid-low to-low tone
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 ⁵³ falling from-high to-mid tone
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ³⁵ rising from-mid to-high tone
 ²⁴ rising from-mid-low to-mid-high tone
 ui from rounded close back to unrounded close front diphthong
 ⁴² falling from-mid-high to-mid-low tone
 əu from unrounded mid central to rounded close back diphthong
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 əi from unrounded mid central to unrounded close front diphthong
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ɔi from rounded open-mid back to unrounded close front diphthong
 ɥ voiced labio-palatal approximant consonant
 ²² flat from-mid-low to-mid-low tone
 ɛu from unrounded open-mid front to rounded close back diphthong