Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Tibetic

Lat/lon: 28.536776, 99.659034

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	alveolar	retroflex	alveolo-palatal	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p, pʰ, b		t, tʰ, d				k, kʰ, g	ʔ
tap			ɾ
fricative			s, sʰ, z	ʂ, ʂʰ, ʐ	ɕ, ɕʰ, ʑ			h
affricate			ts, tsʰ, dz	ʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, ɖʐ	tɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ
lateral fricative			ɮ
nasal	m̥, m		n̥, n			ɲ̊, ɲ	ŋ̊, ŋ
approximant		w				j̊, j
lateral approximant			l

Short pre-nasalised series

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

Vowels

Basic short series

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

Long series

	front	central	back
close	iː		ɯː, uː
close-mid	eː
mid		əː
open			ɑː

Short nasalised series

	front	back
close	ĩ	ũ
close-mid		õ
near-open	æ̃
open		ɑ̃

Long nasalised series

	front	back
close	ĩː
close-mid		õː

Diphthongs

/ui/, /ue/, /ua/, /uæ/, /əo/, /ao/

Tones

13, 353, 53

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit finals

ʔ, h, x

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)