Variety rGyalrong (Maerkang Caodeng (B)) (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 ɲ ŋ ɴ
Stop p  ⁿp b ⁿb t  ⁿt d ⁿd ʈ ʈʼ ɖ ⁿɖ k  ⁿkʼ kʼʲ ⁿk g ⁿg q  ⁿq ɢ ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts tsʼ ⁿtsʼ dz ⁿdz tʃʼ  ⁿtʃʼ ⁿtʃ ʈʂ  tɕʼ ⁿdʑ 
Non-sibilant affricate ⁿdʒ
Sibilant fricative s z ʃ ⁿʒ ʒ ʂ
Non-sibilant fricative ɸ β f v x ɣ χ ʁ h
Approximant l j
Flap or tap ɾ
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 ɨunrounded close central vowel urounded close back vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel ʊrounded near-close near-back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel ørounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel æunrounded near-open front vowel aunrounded open front vowel ɑunrounded open back vowel ɒrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

             
Other segments
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 ⁴⁴ flat from-mid-high to-mid-high tone
 ²² flat from-mid-low to-mid-low tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ²³ rising from-mid-low to-mid tone
 ⁵⁴ falling from-high to-mid-high tone
 ⁵³ falling from-high to-mid tone
 ³⁴ rising from-mid to-mid-high tone
 ⁴⁵ rising from-mid-high to-high tone
 ⁴³ falling from-mid-high to-mid tone
 ² short from-mid-low tone
 ⁴ short from-mid-high tone
 ⁵ short from-high tone