bilabial | labio-velar | alveolar | retroflex | palatal | velar | glottal | |
stop | pʰ, p | tʰ, t | ʈʰ, ʈ | kʰ, k | |||
trill | r | ||||||
fricative | s | h | |||||
affricate | tsʰ, ts | ||||||
nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
approximant | w | j | |||||
lateral approximant | l |
front | central | back | |
close | i | u | |
close-mid | e | o | |
open | a |
front | central | back | |
close | iː | uː | |
close-mid | eː | oː | |
open | aː |
/wi/, /oi/, /ai/, /au/, /ju/, /jo/, /ja/, /wa/, /juː/, /joː/, /jaː/, /waː/
/jau/, /wai/, /juaː/, /jui/, /joi/, /jai/
53, 44, 22, 11
p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l, r, s
(C)(r/l/j/w/rw)V(C)
Source: Mazaudon, Martine. 2003. Tamang. In LaPolla, Randy J., and Graham Thurgood (eds.) Sino-Tibetan Languages. London: Routledge, 291–314.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)