Variety Chuanqiandian (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
Stop ⁿp p  ⁿt t  ⁿtʰ ʈ ⁿʈ ʈʰ ⁿkʰ k  ⁿk q  ⁿq ⁿqʰ ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ ⁿtsʰ ⁿts ʈʂʰ ⁿʈʂ ʈʂ ⁿʈʂʰ  ⁿtɕʰ tɕʰ ⁿtɕ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s ʂ ʐ ɕ ʑ
Non-sibilant fricative f v h
Approximant l 
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 urounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

              
Other segments
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 ⁴³ falling from-mid-high to-mid tone
 ⁴⁴ flat from-mid-high to-mid-high tone
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ²⁴ rising from-mid-low to-mid-high tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ¹³ rising from-low to-mid tone
 eu from unrounded close-mid front to rounded close back diphthong
 ²¹ falling from-mid-low to-low tone
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 ui from rounded close back to unrounded close front diphthong
 ⁵⁴ falling from-high to-mid-high tone
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong