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p b         *t *tʰ *d *d̰             k kʷʰ   q  
 
 
 
 
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            ts tsʰ   tʃʰ                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
m         *n̊ *n *n̰         ɲ̥ ɲ ɲ̰ ŋ̊ ŋ̊ʷ ŋ ŋʷ ŋ̰    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ɸ             *z ʃ           x ɣ ɣ̰   ʁ         h  
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            *s                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
      *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Sui
UPSID number: 2403
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Austro-Tai, Li-Kam-Tai
The languages has 54 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

Sui is spoken in the districts of Sandu and Libo
in Guizhou and district of Nandan in Gungxi in China.
Sui has 6 tones in non-checked syllables, but
only 2 iun syllables ending in /p,t,k/. Since /-w/ only
occurs with velars these have been interpreted as
labialized velars.

Sources:

Li, F-K. 1948. The distribution of initials and tones in
the Sui language. Language 244: 160-7.