Variety Diaocao (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 ŋ̍
Stop p  b t  d  k g
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ dz  tɕʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ɕ
Non-sibilant fricative f v  ʝ x ɣ ɣʷ
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
Trill
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 ʉrounded close central vowel ɿunrounded close with-friction back vowel urounded close back vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel retracted rounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel ɤunrounded close-mid back vowel orounded close-mid back vowel ɤ̃nasalized unrounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɛ̤breathy unrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel breathy unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

             
Other segments
 ²⁴ rising from-mid-low to-mid-high tone
 ²¹ falling from-mid-low to-low tone
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ⁴² falling from-mid-high to-mid-low tone
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ⁵² falling from-high to-mid-low tone
 ou from rounded close-mid back to rounded close back diphthong
 eĩ from unrounded close-mid front to nasalized unrounded close front diphthong
 ²³ rising from-mid-low to-mid tone
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ao from unrounded open front to rounded close-mid back diphthong
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone