Hmong: Consonants

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Table 3 Hmong  Consonants

(Heimbach, 1980)

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Postal-veolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvelar	Glottal
Stop	p pʰ		t̻ t̻ʰ	ʔt ʔtʰ		ʈ ʈʰ	c cʰ	k kʰ	q qʰ	ʔ
Prenasal Stop	mb mpʰ		n̻d̻ n̻t̻ʰ			ɳʈ ɳʈʰ	nɟ nɟʰ	ŋg ŋgʰ	ɴɢ ɴqʰ
Nasal	m ʰm̥		n ʰn̥				ɳʰ ɳ̥	ŋ
Fricative		f v	s		ʃ ʒ		ç			h
Affricate			t̪s̪ t̪s̪ʰ n̪d̪̪z̪ n̪t̪s̪ʰ		tʃ tʃʰ ndʒ ntʃʰ
Lateral Approximant	pl pl̥ʰ mbl mpl̥ʰ		l ʰl ml̥ ʰm̥l̥
Approximant							j

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