Variety Kiranti_Limbu (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 ŋ
Stop pː p pʰ b bʰ t tʰ d c cʰ k kʰ g gʰ ʔ
Sibilant affricate dz tɕʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z
Non-sibilant fricative 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 iˀglottalized unrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel uːlong rounded close back vowel uˀglottalized rounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel eˀglottalized unrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɛːlong unrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel ɔːlong rounded open-mid back vowel ɔˀglottalized rounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

   
Other segments
 ¹ short from-low tone
 ² short from-mid-low tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong