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Northern Qiang (Hongyan)
Phylum: Sino-Tibetan
Genus: Qiangic
Lat/lon: 32.069054, 103.118667
ISO code: cng
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | dental | alveolar | retroflex | alveolo-palatal | palatal | velar | uvular | glottal |
stop | p, pʰ, b | | t̪, t̪ʰ, d̪ | | | | | k, kʰ, g | q, qʰ | |
fricative | | | | s, z | ʂ, ʐ | ɕ, ʑ | | x | χ, ʁ | h, ɦ |
affricate | | | | ts, tsʰ, dz | ʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, dʐ | tɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ | | | | |
lateral fricative | | | | ɬ | | | | | | |
nasal | m | | n̪ | | | | ɲ | ŋ | | |
approximant | | w | | | | | j | | | |
lateral approximant | | | | l | | | | | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
close | i | | u, u˞ |
mid | | ə, ə˞ | |
open | | a, a˞ | |
Short pharyngealised series
| front | central | back |
close | iˤ, i˞ˤ | | uˤ, u˞ˤ |
mid | | əˤ | |
open | | aˤ, a˞ˤ | |
Long series
| central | back |
close | | uː |
mid | əː, ə˞ː | |
open | aː, a˞ː | |
Long pharyngealised series
| front | central | back |
close | iˤː, i˞ˤː | | uˤː, u˞ˤː |
open | | aˤː | |
Tones
53, 33
Source: Evans, Jonathan P. 2006. Vowel quality in Hongyan Qiang. Language and Linguistics 7.937–960.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)