Variety Matu (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 ŋ̍ ɴ
Stop p  b t  ˀt d  k ˀk ˀkʰ ʔ
Sibilant affricate
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative  s ʃ ʃʰ
Non-sibilant fricative v x h
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
Trill
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative ɬʰ 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 long unrounded close front vowel ɨunrounded close central vowel urounded close back vowel long rounded close back vowel long unrounded close-mid front vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel long rounded close-mid back vowel nasalized rounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɛːlong unrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel ɔːlong rounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel glottalized unrounded open front vowel long unrounded open front vowel nasalized unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

             
Other segments
 aːi from long unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ɨi from unrounded close central to unrounded close front diphthong
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ui from rounded close back to unrounded close front diphthong
 ɗ voiced dental implosive consonant
 ou from rounded close-mid back to rounded close back diphthong
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 aːu from long unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 ɛi from unrounded open-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 uːi from long rounded close back to unrounded close front diphthong
 ɓ voiced bilabial implosive consonant
 əi from unrounded mid central to unrounded close front diphthong
 iːa from long unrounded close front to unrounded open front diphthong