Phylum: Sino-Tibetan
Genus: Tibetic
Lat/lon: 32.640579, 103.597121
ISO code:
| bilabial | labio-velar | alveolar | postalveolar | retroflex | palatal | velar | uvular | |
| stop | p, pʰ, b | t, tʰ, d | k, kʰ, g | q, qʰ | ||||
| trill | r̥, r | |||||||
| fricative | s, z | ʃ, ʒ | ʂ, ʐ | ɣ | χ, ʁ | |||
| affricate | ts, tsʰ, dz | tʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ | ʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, ɖʐ | |||||
| nasal | m̥, m | n̥, n | ɲ̊, ɲ | ŋ̊, ŋ | ||||
| approximant | w | |||||||
| lateral approximant | l̥, l |
| bilabial | alveolar | postalveolar | velar | |
| stop | ʰp | ʰt | ʰk | |
| affricate | ʰts | ʰtʃ |
| bilabial | alveolar | postalveolar | retroflex | velar | |
| stop | ⁿpʰ, ⁿb | ⁿtʰ, ⁿd | ⁿkʰ, ⁿg | ||
| affricate | ⁿtsʰ, ⁿdz | ⁿtʃʰ, ⁿdʒ | ⁿʈʂʰ, ⁿɖʐ |
| front | central | back | |
| close | i | u | |
| close-mid | e | o | |
| mid | ə | ||
| open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| open | a | ɑ |
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Source: Sun, Jackson T.-S. 2003. Phonological profile of Zhongu: A new Tibetan dialect of Northern Sichuan. Language and linguistics 4.769–836.
Comments: Initial clusters with uvular preinitials.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)