Variety Numao (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 ˀŋ
Stop  ⁿp p ⁿpʰ t ⁿt  ⁿtʰ ⁿk k  ⁿkʰ ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts ⁿtsʰ ⁿts tsʰ  ⁿtɕ tɕʰ ⁿtɕʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s ɕ ʑ
Non-sibilant fricative f v x ɣ 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 yrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel ɿunrounded close with-friction back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel ørounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

               
Other segments
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 ⁴² falling from-mid-high to-mid-low tone
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ⁴⁴ flat from-mid-high to-mid-high tone
 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
 ¹³ rising from-low to-mid tone
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 əu from unrounded mid central to rounded close back diphthong
 ⁰ short neutral tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 øe from rounded close-mid front to unrounded close-mid front diphthong
 ⁴¹ falling from-mid-high to-low tone
 eu from unrounded close-mid front to rounded close back diphthong