Variety Kim Mun (Hmong-Mien)

Form Concept Segments

Segments are color-coded by frequency in the wordlist:

0-28  -56  -83  -111  -138  -166  -194  -221  -249  -276
          

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 ŋ
Stop p ˀp  b t ˀt  d k  g ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts  tʃʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ʃ ʑ
Non-sibilant fricative f v h
Approximant l 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 long unrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel long rounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel long unrounded close-mid front vowel long rounded close-mid back vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel long unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

                           
Other segments
 ³⁵ rising from-mid to-high tone
 ⁴² falling from-mid-high to-mid-low tone
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ⁵¹ falling from-high to-low tone
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 ¹¹ flat from-low to-low tone
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 eu from unrounded close-mid front to rounded close back diphthong
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 aːu from long unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 ² short from-mid-low tone
 aːi from long unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ui from rounded close back to unrounded close front diphthong
 oːi from long rounded close-mid back to unrounded close front diphthong
 uːi from long rounded close back to unrounded close front diphthong
 oːu from long rounded close-mid back to rounded close back diphthong
 əu from unrounded mid central to rounded close back diphthong
 ¹³ rising from-low to-mid tone
 ⁵³ falling from-high to-mid tone
 ²³¹ contour from-mid-low via-mid to-low tone
 ²⁴ rising from-mid-low to-mid-high tone
 uːo from long rounded close back to rounded close-mid back diphthong
 ⁰ short neutral tone
 ³⁴ rising from-mid to-mid-high tone
 iːu from long unrounded close front to rounded close back diphthong