Variety Kuansi (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 ɱ n ɲ ŋ
Stop p  b  t d k  g ʔ
Sibilant affricate tsʰ ts  tɕʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ɕ ʑ
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 retracted unrounded close front vowel iunrounded close front vowel nasalized unrounded close front vowel ɨunrounded close central vowel ɨ̠retracted unrounded close central vowel urounded close back vowel ɿunrounded close with-friction back vowel nasalized rounded close back vowel ɯ̠retracted unrounded close back vowel retracted rounded close back vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel ɿ̠retracted unrounded close with-friction back vowel ɯ̃nasalized unrounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel nasalized rounded close-mid back vowel ɤunrounded close-mid back vowel orounded close-mid back vowel retracted rounded close-mid back vowel ɤ̠retracted unrounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel nasalized unrounded open front vowel ã̠retracted nasalized unrounded open front vowel retracted unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

         
Other segments
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 ²¹ falling from-mid-low to-low tone
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ou from rounded close-mid back to rounded close back diphthong
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ɥ voiced labio-palatal approximant consonant
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ɑu from unrounded open back to rounded close back diphthong
 ɛi from unrounded open-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ³⁵ rising from-mid to-high tone