Variety Nipu (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 ɳ ȵ ŋ
Stop p pʰ b t tʰ d ʈ ʈʰ ɖ kʰ k g
Sibilant affricate ts tsʰ ʈʂʰ tɕ tɕʰ dʑ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ʂ ɕ ɕʰ 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 yrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel ɤunrounded close-mid back vowel o̠retracted rounded close-mid back vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel ɒrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

   
Other segments
 ³³ flat from-mid to-mid tone
 ²¹ falling from-mid-low to-low tone
 ¹³ rising from-low to-mid tone
 ⁵⁵ flat from-high to-high tone