Variety Qiang (Taoping) (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 tʰ t d kʰ k g q
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ dz tʃ tʃʰ dʒ ʈʂʰ ʈʂ ɖʐ tɕ tɕʰ dʑ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ʃ ʂ ʐ ɕ
Non-sibilant fricative χ ʁ
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
Trill
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative
Lateral approximant
Lateral flap
Implosive

Vowels

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back Close Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open yrounded close front vowel iunrounded close front vowel ɿunrounded close with-friction back vowel urounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel aunrounded open front vowel ɑunrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

    
Other segments
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ²⁴¹ contour from-mid-low via-mid-high to-low tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant