Variety Pumi (Taoba) (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 p pʰ b t tʰ k kʰ g
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ dz ʈʂʰ ɖʐ tɕ tɕʰ dʑ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ʂ ʐ ɕ ʑ
Non-sibilant fricative x ɣ
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
Trill r
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 ĩnasalized unrounded close front vowel ɨunrounded close central vowel ʉrounded close central vowel urounded close back vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel ɪunrounded near-close near-front vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel ørounded close-mid front vowel ẽnasalized unrounded close-mid front vowel õnasalized rounded close-mid back vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɐunrounded near-open central vowel aunrounded open front vowel ãnasalized unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

    
Other segments
 ³⁵ rising from-mid to-high tone
 ⁵³ falling from-high to-mid tone
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ⁵ short from-high tone