Variety Laowu Nisu (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 b t  d k  g q 
Sibilant affricate tsʰ ts  tɕʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ɕ ɕʰ ʑ
Non-sibilant fricative f v x ɣ
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 yrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel ɿunrounded close with-friction back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel ɤunrounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

              
Other segments
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ²¹ falling from-mid-low to-low tone
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ¹³ rising from-low to-mid tone
 əʊ from unrounded mid central to rounded near-close near-back diphthong
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 au from unrounded open front to rounded close back diphthong
 ou from rounded close-mid back to rounded close back diphthong
 ɠ voiced velar implosive consonant
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 ³⁵ rising from-mid to-high tone
 ⁵³ falling from-high to-mid tone
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ⁴² falling from-mid-high to-mid-low tone