Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Tibetic

Lat/lon: 27.928496, 101.280212

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	alveolar	postalveolar	retroflex	alveolo-palatal	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p, pʰ, b		t, tʰ, d					k, kʰ, g
fricative			s, sʰ, z	ʃ, ʃʰ, ʒ		ɕ, ɕʰ, ʑ		x, ɣ	h, ɦ
affricate			ts, tsʰ, dz	tʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ	ʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, ɖʐ	tɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ
nasal	m̥, m		n̥, n				ɲ̊, ɲ	ŋ̊, ŋ
approximant		w	ɹ̥, ɹ				j̊, j
lateral approximant			l̥, l

Short pre-nasalised series

	bilabial	alveolar	postalveolar	retroflex	alveolo-palatal	velar
stop	ⁿb	ⁿd				ⁿg
affricate		ⁿdz	ⁿdʒ	ⁿɖʐ	ⁿdʑ

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i		ɯ, u
close-mid	e		ɤ
mid		ə
open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
open		a

Short nasalised series

	front	back
close	ĩ	ɯ̃, ũ
close-mid	ẽ
open-mid		ɔ̃
open		ɑ̃

Diphthongs

/ei/, /ui/, /ue/, /uẽ/, /ua/, /ou/

Tones

13, 55

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit finals

Ø

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V