Variety Numao (Hmong-Mien)

Form Concept Segments

Segments are color-coded by frequency in the wordlist:

0-26  -51  -76  -101  -126  -152  -177  -202  -227  -252
          

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 p ⁿp  ⁿpʰ t ⁿt  ⁿtʰ k ⁿk  ⁿkʰ ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts ⁿts tsʰ ⁿtsʰ  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
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ¹³ rising from-low to-mid tone
 ⁴⁴ flat from-mid-high to-mid-high tone
 ⁵³ falling from-high to-mid tone
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 ⁴² falling from-mid-high to-mid-low tone
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 øe from rounded close-mid front to unrounded close-mid front diphthong
 eu from unrounded close-mid front to rounded close back diphthong
 əu from unrounded mid central to rounded close back diphthong
 ⁰ short neutral tone
 ⁴¹ falling from-mid-high to-low tone