Central Yi (lolo1259-1)

Dialect: Yáo'ān

Merrifield, W. Scott. Yáo'ān Central Yi Phonology. 2012. hh:phon:Merrifield:Yaoan

Consonants (29)

pʰ p b	tʰ t d			kʰ k g		ʔ
	tsʰ ts dz	tʃʰ tʃ dʒ
f v	s z	ʃ	ʝ	x ɣ
m	n			ŋ
					w
	l

Vowels (15)

		ꭒ̠
i i̠		ɯ ɯ̠
		ʊ̜ ʊ̜̠
e e̠		o o̠
æ æ̠	a a̠

Diphthongs (7)

i̯a i̯a̠ i̯æ̠ i̯ɛ i̯o i̯o̠

{u̯a}

Syllabic consonants (1)

n̩

Tones (3)

˥ ˧ ˨˩

Notes

Voiced stops are prenasalized in some surrounding villages, but not the village of Mayou.

Allophonic rules

b > ⁿb / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
d > ⁿd / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
g > ⁿg / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
dz > ⁿdz / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
dʒ > ⁿdʒ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
w >~ v / _{ʊ̜ ʊ̜̠}
l > ɮ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
n̩ > ŋ̩ / _C[velar]
n̩ > ɱ̩ / _C[labiodental]
n̩ > m̩ / _C[bilabial]
æ > ɛ / {ts dz t d ʝ}_
o > u̯o / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ʊ̜ > ʮ / {ts tsʰ dz s z}_
ʊ̜ > ꭒ̠ / d_˨˩ (presumably)
ʊ̜ > ꭒ / d_˨˩
ʊ̜̠ > ʮ̠ / {ts tsʰ dz s z}_
i > ɿ / {ts tsʰ dz s z}_
i̠ > ɿ̠ / {ts tsʰ dz s z}_
ɯ > ə / C[alveolar]_
ɯ̠ > ə̠ / C[alveolar]_
˥ > ˥́ / V̠_
˧ > ˦ / V̠_
˨˩ > ˨˩ˀ / V̠_