Variety Nu (Bijiang) [Nusu] (Sino-Tibetan)

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 ɲ ŋ
Stop pʰ p b tʰ d kʰ k g ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ dz ʈʂʰ tɕʰ tɕ dʑ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s sʰ z ʂ ʂʰ ʐ ɕ ɕʰ
Non-sibilant fricative f v x h
Approximant ɹ 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 ĩnasalized unrounded close front vowel yrounded close front vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel urounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel ẽnasalized unrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel ə˞rhotacized unrounded mid central vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel ɔ˞rhotacized rounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel ɑunrounded open back vowel ɑ˞rhotacized unrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

      
Other segments
 ³⁵ rising from-mid to-high tone
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ⁵³ falling from-high to-mid tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ɯi from unrounded close back to unrounded close front diphthong