Variety Dongnu (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 ⁿpʰ t ⁿt ⁿtʰ  ʈ ⁿʈ ʈʰ ⁿʈʰ ⁿk k  ⁿkʰ ʔ
Sibilant affricate ⁿts ts ⁿtsʰ  ⁿtɕʰ ⁿtɕ tɕʰ
Non-sibilant affricate ⁿtθ ⁿtθʰ 
Sibilant fricative s ʂ ʐ ɕ ʑ
Non-sibilant fricative f v θ ɣ h
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
Trill
Lateral affricate  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
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 ¹³ rising from-low to-mid tone
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ⁴² falling from-mid-high to-mid-low tone
 ² short from-mid-low tone
 ²² flat from-mid-low to-mid-low tone
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 ²³¹ contour from-mid-low via-mid to-low tone
 ⁵² falling from-high to-mid-low tone
 ³ short from-mid tone
 ⁵³ falling from-high to-mid tone
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 əu from unrounded mid central to rounded close back diphthong
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ²¹ falling from-mid-low to-low tone
 ³⁵ rising from-mid to-high tone
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong