Variety Chuanqiandian, Central Guizhou (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 ŋ̍
Stop ⁿp p ⁿpʰ  t ⁿt  ⁿtʰ k ⁿk  ⁿkʰ ⁿq q  ⁿqʰ ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ ʈʂ ʈʂʰ ⁿʈʂ ⁿʈʂʰ  ⁿtɕ tɕʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative  s ⁿsʰ z ʂ ʂʰ ʐ ɕ ʑ
Non-sibilant fricative v h
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
Trill
Lateral affricate  tɬʰ
Lateral fricative ɬ
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 nasalized unrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel nasalized unrounded close-mid front vowel nasalized rounded close-mid back vowel orounded close-mid back vowel ə̃nasalized unrounded mid central vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel aunrounded open front vowel nasalized unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

          
Other segments
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 ²⁴ rising from-mid-low to-mid-high tone
 ² short from-mid-low tone
 ⁴² falling from-mid-high to-mid-low tone
 ²² flat from-mid-low to-mid-low tone
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 ¹³ rising from-low to-mid tone
 ⁴⁴ flat from-mid-high to-mid-high tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ⁴³ falling from-mid-high to-mid tone