Variety Tangkhul (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 nː n̥ ŋ
Stop pʰ p b tʰ t d k kʰ kː g ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts dʒ tɕʰ tɕ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ʃ
Non-sibilant fricative f v h
Approximant l lː j
Flap or tap
Trill r rː
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 urounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel a̠retracted unrounded open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel ɑunrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

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