Variety Yangliu (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 ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ dz ʈʂʰ ʈʂ tɕʰ 
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ʂ ʐ ɕ
Non-sibilant fricative f v  ʝ x ɣ h
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 nasalized unrounded close front vowel yrounded close front vowel ɨunrounded close central vowel ɿunrounded close with-friction back vowel urounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel nasalized rounded close-mid back vowel ɤunrounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ə̃nasalized unrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel ɑunrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

                       
Other segments
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ²⁴ rising from-mid-low to-mid-high tone
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 ²¹ falling from-mid-low to-low tone
 ⁵³ falling from-high to-mid tone
 ⁴⁵ rising from-mid-high to-high tone
 ⁴² falling from-mid-high to-mid-low tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ⁴¹ falling from-mid-high to-low tone
 ⁴⁵³ contour from-mid-high via-high to-mid tone
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ⁴⁴ flat from-mid-high to-mid-high tone
 ao from unrounded open front to rounded close-mid back diphthong
 ²² flat from-mid-low to-mid-low tone
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 ⁴³ falling from-mid-high to-mid tone
 ²³¹ contour from-mid-low via-mid to-low tone
 ou from rounded close-mid back to rounded close back diphthong
 ɛi from unrounded open-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ⁵¹ falling from-high to-low tone
 ²³ rising from-mid-low to-mid tone
 ⁵⁴ falling from-high to-mid-high tone
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong