Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Tibetic

Lat/lon: 27.86977, 91.8045

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	alveolar	retroflex	alveolo-palatal	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p, pʰ, b		t, tʰ, d			c, cʰ, ɟ	k, kʰ, g	ʔ
trill			r
fricative			s, z	ʂ	ɕ, ʑ			h
affricate			ts, tsʰ, dz	ʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, ɖʐ	tɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ
nasal	m		n			ɲ	ŋ
approximant		w				j
lateral approximant			l, l̥

Vowels

Basic short series

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

Long series

	front	central	back
close	iː, yː		uː
close-mid	eː, øː		oː
open-mid	ɛː		ɔː
open		aː

Diphthongs

/iu/, /eu/, /ai/, /au/

Tones

55, 53, 13, 31

Licit initial clusters

pl, pʰl, bl, kl, kʰl, pr, pʰr, br, kr, kʰr

Licit finals

p, t, k, r, ʔ, s, m, n, ŋ

Licit syllabic templates

(С)(С)V(C)