Bai (cent2004-6)

Dialect: Heqing

Allen, Bryan. Bai dialect survey. 2007. sil16:48759

Consonants (26)

pʰ p	tʰ t			kʰ k
	tsʰ ts	tɕʰ tɕ
f v	sʰ s z	ɕʰ ɕ		xʰ x ɣ
m	n			ŋ
			j		w
	l

Vowels (18)

i ĩ y ỹ	ɯ ɯ̃ u ũ
e ẽ	o õ
ɛ ɛ̃	ɔ ɔ̃
	ɑ ɑ̃

Diphthongs (4)

ou̯ õu̯

ɔu̯ ɔ̃u̯

Tones (7)

˥ ˦ ˦˨ ˧ ˧˥ ˧˩ ˨˩

Notes

/ɔu̯ ou̯/ are accepted as diphthongs because there are no coda consonants.

Allophonic rules

i > ɿ / s(ʰ)_ z_ ts(ʰ)_
u > ꭒ / f_ v_