Variety Xiangxi, East (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  ˀm  n ˀn ȵ ȵ̊ ˀȵ ŋ ŋ̍
Stop p  b  t d k  g  q ɢ ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ dz  tɕʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ɕ ʑ ˀʑ
Non-sibilant fricative f v x h
Approximant l ˀl j
Flap or tap
Trill
Lateral affricate
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 ɿunrounded close with-friction back vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel aunrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

                 
Other segments
 ⁵³ falling from-high to-mid tone
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 ³⁵ rising from-mid to-high tone
 ɥ voiced labio-palatal approximant consonant
 ¹³ rising from-low to-mid tone
 əɯ from unrounded mid central to unrounded close back diphthong
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 əu from unrounded mid central to rounded close back diphthong
 ³ short from-mid tone
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ˀw pre-glottalized voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ⁵ short from-high tone
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 ⁴² falling from-mid-high to-mid-low tone
 ⁰ short neutral tone