Variety Vietnamese (Austroasiatic)

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 ŋʷ
Stop p b  t  tʷʰ ʈ ʈʷ c  k g  ʔ
Sibilant affricate
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s 
Non-sibilant fricative f v x  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 long unrounded close front vowel iunrounded close front vowel ɨunrounded close central vowel ɨːlong unrounded close central vowel urounded close back vowel long rounded close back vowel long unrounded close-mid front vowel long rounded close-mid back vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel əːlong unrounded mid central vowel ɛːlong unrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel ɔːlong rounded open-mid back vowel long unrounded open front vowel aunrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

                                
Other segments
 ⁴⁵ rising from-mid-high to-high tone
 əːi̯ from long unrounded mid central to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong
 ɗ voiced dental implosive consonant
 ɓ voiced bilabial implosive consonant
 ui̯ from rounded close back to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong
 ²¹² contour from-mid-low via-low to-mid-low tone
 ŋm voiced velar-and-bilabial nasal consonant
 ²¹ falling from-mid-low to-low tone
 oːi̯ from long rounded close-mid back to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ²¹⁴ contour from-mid-low via-low to-mid-high tone
 ɨu̯ from unrounded close central to non-syllabic rounded close back diphthong
 aːu̯ from long unrounded open front to non-syllabic rounded close back diphthong
 aːi̯ from long unrounded open front to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong
 kp voiceless velar-and-bilabial stop consonant
 iːu̯ from long unrounded close front to non-syllabic rounded close back diphthong
 ai̯ from unrounded open front to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong
 əi̯ from unrounded mid central to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong
 iə from unrounded close front to unrounded mid central diphthong
 əu̯ from unrounded mid central to non-syllabic rounded close back diphthong
 ɨə from unrounded close central to unrounded mid central diphthong
 ɔːi̯ from long rounded open-mid back to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong
 ɨːi̯ from long unrounded close central to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong
 ɛːu̯ from long unrounded open-mid front to non-syllabic rounded close back diphthong
 au̯ from unrounded open front to non-syllabic rounded close back diphthong
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 uːi̯ from long rounded close back to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong
 uə from rounded close back to unrounded mid central diphthong
 iu̯ from unrounded close front to non-syllabic rounded close back diphthong
 ɨːu̯ from long unrounded close central to non-syllabic rounded close back diphthong
 ɨi̯ from unrounded close central to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong
 eːu̯ from long unrounded close-mid front to non-syllabic rounded close back diphthong
 ɗʷ labialized voiced dental implosive consonant