bilabial | labio-velar | dental | alveolar | retroflex | alveolo-palatal | palatal | velar | uvular | glottal | |
stop | p, pʰ, b | t̪, t̪ʰ, d̪ | k, kʰ, g | q, qʰ | ||||||
fricative | ɸ | s, z | ʂ, ʐ | ɕ | x | χ, ʁ | h, ɦ | |||
affricate | ts, tsʰ, dz | ʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, ɖʐ | tɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ | |||||||
lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||
nasal | m | n̪ | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||
approximant | w | j | ||||||||
lateral approximant | l |
front | central | back | |
close | i, y, i˞ | u | |
close-mid | e, e˞ | o | |
mid | ə, ə˞ | ||
open | a, a˞ | ɑ |
front | central | back | |
close | iː, yː | uː | |
close-mid | eː | oː | |
open | aː | ɑː |
/ia/, /iɑ/, /ie/, /ye/, /eu/, /əu/, /ei/, /əi/, /oi/, /uɑ/, /ua/, /uə/, /ue/, /ui/
/uəi/
FC
FC
(F)(C)(G)V(G)(F)(C)
Source: LaPolla, Randy J. 2003. Qiang. The Sino-Tibetan languages, ed. by Graham Thurgood and Randy J. LaPolla, 573–587. Routledge language family series 3. London: Routledge.
Comments: G — glide, F — fricative
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)