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