EURPhon: Nangchenpa Tibetan

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	alveolar	postalveolar	retroflex	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p, pʰ, b		t, tʰ, d		ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ		k, kʰ, g	ʔ
trill			r̥, r
fricative	ɸ, β		s, z	ʃ, ʒ				h
affricate			ts, tsʰ, dz	tʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ
nasal	m̥, m		n̥, n			ɲ	ŋ̊, ŋ
approximant		w				j
lateral approximant			l̥, l

Short pre-nasalised series

	bilabial	alveolar	postalveolar	retroflex	velar
stop	ⁿpʰ, ⁿb	ⁿtʰ, ⁿd		ⁿʈʰ, ⁿɖ	ⁿkʰ, ⁿg
affricate		ⁿtsʰ, ⁿdz	ⁿtʃʰ, ⁿdʒ

Short pre-glottalised series

	bilabial	labio-velar	alveolar	postalveolar	palatal	velar
fricative			ʼs	ʼʃ
nasal	ʼm		ʼn		ʼɲ	ʼŋ
approximant		ʼw			ʼj
lateral approximant			ʼl

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i, y	ɨ	u
close-mid	e, ø		o
open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
open		a

Long series

	front	central	back
close	iː
close-mid	eː		oː
open-mid			ɔː
open		aː

Long breathy voiced series

	front	central	back
close	i̤ː
close-mid	e̤ː		o̤ː
open-mid			ɔ̤ː
open		a̤ː

Long nasalised series

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

Short breathy voiced series

	front	central	back
close	y̤	ɨ̤	ṳ
close-mid	e̤, ø̤		o̤
open-mid	ɛ̤		ɔ̤
open		a̤

Diphthongs

/ɛi/, /ɛ̤i̤/

Licit initial clusters

Licit finals

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)

Source: Causemann, Margret. 1989. Dialekt und Erzählungen der Nangchenpas. Beiträge zur tibetischen Erzählforschung Bd. 11. Bonn: VGH Wissenschaftsverlag.

Comments: Pre-glottalised vowels were interpreted as biphonemic sequences following the source. Pre-nasalised and pre-glottalised consonantal segments are treated as biphonemic in the source. Breathy voice is ascribed both to some vowels and some consonantal segments — the full repertoire of breathy vowels was not given and may be exaggerated. Tone is predictable from voice and phonation. A full list of licit finals was not given.