Khmu phonology

Consonants
The consonant inventory of Khmu is shown in the table below. The phonemes in the colored cells are particular to the dialects of Eastern Khmu. The phoneme /f/, present in dialects of both Eastern and Western Khmu, is a result of borrowings from the surrounding Tai languages. * is technically a voiceless labio-velar approximant

Vowels
The vowels of Khmu show little variation across the dialects with all varieties having 19 monophthongs and three diphthongs (, and ).