Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Tibetic

Lat/lon: 31.879, 100.722

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-dental	alveolar	postalveolar	retroflex	palatal	velar	uvular	glottal
stop	p, pʰ, b		t, tʰ, d			c, cʰ, ɟ	k, kʰ, g	q, qʰ
trill			r
fricative		v	s, z	ʃ, ʒ	ʂ		x, ɣ	χ, ʁ	h
affricate			ts, tsʰ	tʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ	ʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, ɖʐ
nasal	m		n			ɲ	ŋ
approximant						j
lateral approximant			l, l̥

Short pre-nasalised series

	bilabial	alveolar	postalveolar	retroflex	palatal	velar
stop	ⁿb	ⁿd			ⁿɟ	ⁿg
affricate		ⁿdz	ⁿdʒ	ⁿɖʐ

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i		u
close-mid	e		o
mid		ə
open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
open		a

Diphthongs

/ɯa/, /ɯo/

Licit initial clusters

rp, χp, mpʰ, rb, rm, ʁm, rv, ʁv, ft, rt, χt, mtʰ, md, vd, rd, ʁd, mn, rn, ʁn, fs, rs, χs, vz, ʁz, vr, vl, rl, ʁl, pts, fts, rts, χts, mtsʰ, ptʂ, fʈʂ, rʈʂ, χʈʂ, pʈʂʰ, mʈʂʰ, mɖʐ, vɖʐ, rɖʐ, ʁɖʐ, fc, rc, pcʰ, mcʰ, vɟ, rɟ, ʁj, ptʃ, ftʃ, rtʃ, χtʃ, ptʃʰ, mtʃʰ, mdʒ, vdʒ, rdʒ, mɲ, rɲ, ʁɲ, vʒ, ʁʒ, pk, rk, mkʰ, mg, vg, rg, mŋ, rŋ

Licit finals

p, m, t, n, k, ŋ, r, l

Licit syllabic templates

(С)(С)V(C)