Variety Azhe (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 ȵ ŋ
Stop p pʰ b t tʰ d ɖ k kʰ g
Sibilant affricate tsʰ ts dz ʈʂʰ ʈʂ ɖʐ tɕ tɕʰ dʑ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ʂ ʐ ɕ ʑ
Non-sibilant fricative f v x ɣ
Approximant l ɭ
Flap or tap
Trill
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative 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 i̠retracted unrounded close front vowel ʉrounded close central vowel urounded close back vowel ɯ̠retracted unrounded close back vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel u̠retracted rounded close back vowel ɿunrounded close with-friction back vowel ɿ̠retracted unrounded close with-friction back vowel ɪ̠retracted unrounded near-close near-front vowel ɪunrounded near-close near-front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel o̠retracted rounded close-mid back vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɛ̠retracted unrounded open-mid front vowel a̠retracted unrounded open front vowel aunrounded open front vowel ãnasalized unrounded open front vowel ɑunrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

     
Other segments
 ²¹ falling from-mid-low to-low tone
 ²² flat from-mid-low to-mid-low tone
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 ¹³ rising from-low to-mid tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant