Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Tibetic

Lat/lon: 32.2465, 78.03707

ISO code: spt

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	alveolar	postalveolar	retroflex	alveolo-palatal	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p, pʰ, b		t, tʰ, d		ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ			k, kʰ, ɡ
trill			r
tap					ɽ
fricative			s, z	ʃ, ʒ	ʂ				h
affricate			ts, tsʰ, dz			tɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ
nasal	m		n				ɲ	ŋ
approximant		w					j
lateral approximant			l

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i		u
close-mid	e		o
open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
open		a

Tones

412, 23, 354

Licit initial clusters

pj, tj, ʈj, kj, pʰj, ʈʰj, kʰj, bj, dj, ɖj, ɡj, mj, nj, ɲj, ŋj, ʃj, hj, tsj, tɕj, tsʰj, tɕʰj, lj, rj

Licit finals

p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, r, l

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(j)V(C)