Variety Lipo (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
Stop  p b t   d k   g
Sibilant affricate ts tsʼ ʈʂ ʈʂʼ ɖʐ  tɕʼ tɕʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s  z ʒ ʂʼ ʂ ʐ ɕ
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 retracted unrounded close front vowel iunrounded close front vowel ʅunrounded close with-friction central vowel ɯ̠retracted unrounded close back vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel urounded close back vowel retracted rounded close back vowel ɿunrounded close with-friction back vowel ɪunrounded near-close near-front vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel retracted unrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel ɤunrounded close-mid back vowel retracted rounded close-mid back vowel ɤ̠retracted unrounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ə̠retracted unrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɛ̠retracted unrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel æunrounded near-open front vowel aunrounded open front vowel retracted unrounded open front vowel ɑ̠retracted unrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

            
Other segments
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone
 ²¹ falling from-mid-low to-low tone
 ²² flat from-mid-low to-mid-low tone
 ³¹ falling from-mid to-low tone
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ⁵¹ falling from-high to-low tone
 ⁵³ falling from-high to-mid tone
 ⁵² falling from-high to-mid-low tone
 ⁴¹ falling from-mid-high to-low tone
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ³² falling from-mid to-mid-low tone
 ⁴⁴ flat from-mid-high to-mid-high tone
 ²³ rising from-mid-low to-mid tone