Variety Xiangxi, West (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 ŋ
Stop p ⁿp  ⁿpʰ t  ⁿt ⁿtʰ ʈʰ ʈ ⁿʈ ⁿʈʰ c ⁿc k ⁿk  ⁿkʰ q  ⁿq ⁿqʰ ʔ
Sibilant affricate tsʰ ⁿts ts ⁿtsʰ ⁿtɕʰ ⁿtɕ  tɕʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s ʂ ʐ ɕ ʑ
Non-sibilant fricative 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 ɯunrounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel ɑunrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

            
Other segments
 ³⁵ rising from-mid to-high tone
 ⁵³ falling from-high to-mid tone
 ⁴⁴ flat from-mid-high to-mid-high tone
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 ²² flat from-mid-low to-mid-low tone
 ⁴² falling from-mid-high to-mid-low tone
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 aɯ from unrounded open front to unrounded close back diphthong
 ¹¹ flat from-low to-low tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ²⁴ rising from-mid-low to-mid-high tone
 ³² falling from-mid to-mid-low tone
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone