Variety White Hmong (Hmong-Mien)

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
Stop p ⁿp   ⁿpʰ ⁿb ⁿt t ⁿtʱ  d  ⁿɖʱ ⁿk k  ⁿkʱ  q ⁿq ⁿqʱ
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ ⁿts ⁿtsʱ tʃʰ  ⁿtʃ ⁿtʃʱ  ⁿtɕʰ ⁿtɕ tɕʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s ʂ ʐ ɕ
Non-sibilant fricative f v h
Approximant  l   j
Flap or tap
Trill r ⁿr 
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 ɯunrounded close back vowel urounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel aunrounded open front vowel nasalized unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

            
Other segments
 ⁵³ falling from-high to-mid tone
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 ³⁴ rising from-mid to-mid-high tone
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 ¹¹ flat from-low to-low tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 aɯ from unrounded open front to unrounded close back diphthong
 ²¹³ contour from-mid-low via-low to-mid tone
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ¹ short from-low tone
 ¹³ rising from-low to-mid tone