Variety Mao (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 m̥ n ŋ
Stop p pʰ b t tʰ d k kʰ g gʰ
Sibilant affricate ts dʒ tɕʰ tɕ
Non-sibilant affricate pf
Sibilant fricative s z ʃ ʒ
Non-sibilant fricative f v h
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
Trill r
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 iunrounded close front vowel iːlong unrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel aunrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

   
Other segments
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 əu from unrounded mid central to rounded close back diphthong