Variety Dongnu (Hmong-Mien)

Form Concept Segments

Segments are color-coded by frequency in the wordlist:

0-29  -57  -85  -113  -141  -169  -197  -225  -253  -281
          

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 m̥ n n̥ ȵ ȵ̊ ŋ
Stop p ⁿp pʰ ⁿpʰ t ⁿt tʰ ⁿtʰ ʈ ⁿʈ ʈʰ ⁿʈʰ k ⁿk kʰ ⁿkʰ ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts ⁿts ⁿtsʰ tɕ ⁿtɕ tɕʰ ⁿtɕʰ
Non-sibilant affricate ⁿtθ ⁿtθʰ tθ
Sibilant fricative s ʂ ʐ ɕ ʑ
Non-sibilant fricative f v θ ɣ h
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
Trill
Lateral affricate tɬ ⁿtɬ 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 yrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front 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
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ⁵³ falling from-high to-mid tone
 ⁴² falling from-mid-high to-mid-low tone
 ¹³ rising from-low to-mid tone
 ²² flat from-mid-low to-mid-low tone
 ² short from-mid-low tone
 ²³¹ contour from-mid-low via-mid to-low tone
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 ²¹ falling from-mid-low to-low tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 əu from unrounded mid central to rounded close back diphthong
 ³ short from-mid tone
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ⁵² falling from-high to-mid-low tone
 ³⁵ rising from-mid to-high tone