Variety Chuanqiandian, Northeast Yunnan (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  ɳ ȵ ȵʱ ȵ̊ ŋ ŋʰ
Stop p ⁿp  b ⁿb ⁿbʰ  ⁿbʱ t ⁿt  ⁿtʰ ⁿdʱ d  ⁿd ʈ ⁿʈ ʈʰ ⁿʈʰ ɖʱ ɖ ⁿɖʰ k  ⁿk g ⁿgʱ   ⁿg q  ⁿqʰ ⁿq ɢʰ ɢʱ ⁿɢʱ ɢ ʔ
Sibilant affricate ⁿts ts ⁿtsʰ tsʰ ⁿdzʱ dz ⁿdz dzʱ ʈʂʰ ʈʂ ⁿʈʂʰ ⁿʈʂ ɖʐ ⁿɖʐ ⁿɖʐʱ ɖʐʱ  ⁿtɕʰ tɕʰ ⁿtɕ  ⁿdʑʱ dʑʱ ⁿdʑ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s  z ʂ ɕ ʑ ʑʱ
Non-sibilant fricative f v  x χ h
Approximant  l j
Flap or tap
Trill
Lateral affricate  tɬʰ ⁿtɬ
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 nasalized unrounded close front vowel ʅunrounded close with-friction central vowel urounded close back vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel ɿunrounded close with-friction 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
 ³⁵ rising from-mid to-high tone
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 aɯ from unrounded open front to unrounded close back diphthong
 ¹¹ flat from-low to-low tone
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ⁵³ falling from-high to-mid tone
 ey from unrounded close-mid front to rounded close front diphthong
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 wʱ breathy voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 æɯ from unrounded near-open front to unrounded close back diphthong
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ¹³ rising from-low to-mid tone
 ui from rounded close back to unrounded close front diphthong