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Eastern Yugur
Phylum: Mongolic
Genus: Qinghai-Gansu
Lat/lon: 38.7939, 99.57835
ISO code: yuy
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | uvular | glottal |
| stop | pʰ, p | tʰ, t | | | kʰ, k | qʰ, q | |
| trill | | r | | | | | |
| fricative | β | s | ʃ | | ɣ | χ, ʁ | h |
| affricate | | tsʰ, ts | tʃʰ, tʃ | | | | |
| nasal | m | n, n̥ | | | ŋ | | |
| approximant | | | | j, j̊ | | | |
| lateral approximant | | l, l̥ | | | | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
| close | y | | u |
| close-mid | e | ɵ | |
| mid | | ə | |
| open-mid | | | ɔ |
| open | | a | |
Long series
| front | central | back |
| close | yː | | uː |
| close-mid | eː | ɵː | |
| mid | | əː | |
| open-mid | | | ɔː |
| open | | aː | |
Source: Nugteren, Hans. 2011. Mongolic Phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu Languages. Utrecht: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT)
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)