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 p pʰ           *t *tʰ               k kʰ kʷ kʷʰ      
 
 
 
 
  
 
Affricates
                 tʃ tʃʰ                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m           *n               ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
     f           ʃ                           h  
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Approximant
                           j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
     *l̥ *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Taishan
UPSID number: 2501
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Sinitic
The languages has 25 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [pʰ] [p] [*tʰ] [*t] [kʷʰ] [kʷ] [kʰ] [k] [ʃ] [f] [tʃʰ] [tʃ] [*l̥] [*l] [w] [j] [m] [*n] [ŋ] [i] [u] [ɔ] [æ] [ä] [h]
Comments:

Taishan is spoken primarily in Guangdong (except
for the Hakka speaking areas in the northeast the Min Nan
speaking areas of the east at points along the coast as
well as Hainan Island) and in the Southern part of Guangxi
in china.
Sources:

Chan, M.K.M. 1980. Zhong-shan phonology. MA thesis,
University of British Columbia.

Chao, Yuan-Ren. 1951. Taishan yuliao. Bulletin of the
Institute of History and Philology 23: 25-76.

Cao, Yuan-Ren. 1947. Cantonese Primer. Harvard University
Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Cheng, T.M. 1973. The phonology of Taishan. Journal of
Chinese Linguistics 1: 256-322.