Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Qiangic

Lat/lon: 28.343583, 101.344917

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	alveolar	postalveolar	alveolo-palatal	palatal	velar	uvular	glottal
stop	p, pʰ, b		t, tʰ, d				k, kʰ, g	q, qʰ	ʔ
fricative			s, z	ʃ, ʒ	ɕ, ʑ		x, ɣ		h
affricate			ts, tsʰ, dz	tʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ	tɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ
lateral fricative			ɬ
nasal	m		n			ɲ	ŋ, ŋ̩
approximant		w	ɹ			j
lateral approximant			l

Short pre-nasalised series

	bilabial	alveolar	postalveolar	alveolo-palatal
stop	ⁿpʰ, ⁿb	ⁿtʰ, ⁿd
affricate		ⁿtsʰ, ⁿdz	ⁿtʃʰ, ⁿdʒ	ⁿtɕʰ, ⁿdʑ

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i, y		u
close-mid	e		o
mid		ə
near-open	æ	ɐ

Tones

23, 51

Licit initial clusters

Cw/j/r, b/p+ʑ/z/ɕ/ʃ

Licit finals

Ø

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V