Nuosu phonology

The written equivalents of the phonemes listed here are "Yi Pinyin". For information about the actual script used see the section above entitled Writing System.

Vowels
* Identified with the vowel of the Mandarin 四 sì "four"

Tones

 * high [] – written -t
 * mid falling [] or mid [] – written -x
 * mid [] – unmarked
 * low falling [] – written -p