Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Tibetic

Lat/lon: 34.45727, 103.08387

ISO code: cda

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	alveolar	retroflex	alveolo-palatal	palatal	velar	uvular	glottal
stop	p, pʰ, b		t, tʰ, d				k, kʰ, g
trill			r
fricative			s, sʰ, z	ʂ, ʂʰ	ɕ, ɕʰ, ʑ		x, xʰ, ɣ	ʁ	h
affricate			ts, tsʰ, dz	ʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, ɖʐ	tɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ
nasal	m		n			ɲ	ŋ
approximant		w				j
lateral approximant			l, l̥

Short pre-nasalised series

	bilabial	alveolar	retroflex	alveolo-palatal	velar
stop	ⁿb	ⁿd			ⁿg
affricate		ⁿdz	ⁿɖʐ	ⁿdʑ

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i	ʉ	u
near-close	ɪ
close-mid	e		o
mid		ə
open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
near-open	æ
open			ɑ

Long series

	front	central	back
close	iː	ʉː	uː
near-close	ɪː
close-mid	eː		oː
open			ɑː

Long nasalised series

	front	central	back
close	ĩː		ũː
close-mid	ẽː		õː
open		ãː

Short nasalised series

	central
open	ã

Tones

55, 52, 24, 121

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit finals

r

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)