Variety Sema (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 mː n n̥ ŋ
Stop p pʰ b bʰ t tʰ d dʰ k kʰ kː gʰ g
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ tɕʰ tɕ
Non-sibilant affricate pf
Sibilant fricative s sː z ʃ ʒ
Non-sibilant fricative f v h
Approximant l l̥ lː 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 uːlong rounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel aunrounded open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

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