Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Sinitic

Lat/lon: 22.396428, 114.109497

ISO code: yue

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	labio-dental	alveolar	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p, pʰ			t, tʰ		k, kʰ
fricative			f	s			h
affricate				ts, tsʰ
nasal	m			n		ŋ
approximant		w			j
lateral approximant				l

Short labialised series

	velar
stop	kʷ, kʷʰ

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i, y		u
near-close	ɪ		ʊ
close-mid		ɵ
open-mid	ɛ, œ		ɔ
near-open		ɐ
open		a

Diphthongs

/ai/, /ɐi/, /au/, /ɐu/, /ei/, /ɛu/, /ɵy/, /ɔi/, /ui/, /iu/, /ou/

Tones

55, 33, 22, 21, 25, 23

Licit finals

u, m, n, ŋ, p, t, k

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)