Variety Naso (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  ɖ k  g 
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ ʈʂʰ ʈʂ ɖʐ  tɕʰ  dʑʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z  ʂ ʐ ɕ ʑ
Non-sibilant fricative f v x ɣ h
Approximant l
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 retracted unrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel retracted rounded close back vowel ɯ̠retracted unrounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel retracted unrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel retracted rounded close-mid back vowel ɤunrounded close-mid back vowel ə̠˞rhotacized retracted unrounded mid central vowel ə˞rhotacized unrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɛ̠retracted unrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel ɔ̠retracted rounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel retracted unrounded 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