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[edit] Consonants

Hmong uses a number of phonological features unfamiliar to English speakers, like aspiration, prenasalization, and lateral release, to make phonemic contrasts. The consonant inventory of Hmong is shown in the chart below. (Consonants particular to White Hmong and Green Mong color coded respectively.)

		Bilabial		Bilabial with lateral release		Labio dental		Dental		Dental with lateral release		Retroflex		Palatal		Velar		Uvular		Glottal
Plosive	Voiceless	p	pʰ	pˡ	pɬ			t	tʰ	tˡ	tɬ	ʈ	ʈʰ	c	cʰ	k	kʰ	q	qʰ	ʔ
	Voiced							d	dʱ
	Prenasalized	mb	mbʱ	mbˡ	mbɬ			nd	ndʱ	ndˡ	ndɬ	ɳɖ	ɳɖʱ	ɲɟ	ɲɟʱ	ŋɡ	ŋɡʱ	ɴɢ	ɴɢʱ
Affricate	Voiceless							ts	tsʰ			ʈʂ	ʈʂʰ
	Prenasalized							ndz	ndzʱ			ɳɖʐ	ɳɖʐʱ
Nasal		m	m̥	mˡ	m̥ɬ			n	n̥					ɲ	ɲ̥
Fricative						v	f		s			ʐ	ʂ	ʝ	ç					h
Lateral								l	ɬ