Variety Mien (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 ŋ̍ ŋ̊
Stop p  b t  ⁿt d  k  g ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ dz  tɕʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s ɕ ʑ
Non-sibilant fricative f h
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
Trill
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative ɬ ɬʲ
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 urounded close back vowel long rounded close back vowel ɿunrounded close with-friction back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel long rounded close-mid back vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel long unrounded open front vowel ɒrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

                       
Other segments
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 oːi from long rounded close-mid back to unrounded close front diphthong
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ²⁴ rising from-mid-low to-mid-high tone
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 əu from unrounded mid central to rounded close back diphthong
 ²¹ falling from-mid-low to-low tone
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 ui from rounded close back to unrounded close front diphthong
 ⁵³ falling from-high to-mid tone
 ²³¹ contour from-mid-low via-mid to-low tone
 aːi from long unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ²² flat from-mid-low to-mid-low tone
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ¹² rising from-low to-mid-low tone
 ³⁵ rising from-mid to-high tone
 ɥ voiced labio-palatal approximant consonant
 ²¹³ contour from-mid-low via-low to-mid tone
 aːu from long unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 ⁰ short neutral tone
 ⁴⁴ flat from-mid-high to-mid-high tone
 ⁵ short from-high tone