| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | velar | Glottal | |
| plosive | p pʰ | t tʰ | k kʰ | ʔ | |
| nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
| fricative | f v | s | x | ||
| Lateralapproximant | l |
Alveolar-palatal fricative: ɕ ʑ
(single consonant syllable [ʑ̩](cloth) and [m̩] maid)
Affricates: t͡s t͡sʰ t͡ɕ t͡ɕʰ
Vowels
Note:
r-colored ɜ: [ɜ˞] (son, child)
tongue position for [ø] in Nantong Dialect is slightly higher than that of the standard [ø], but lower than that of [y]
raising [ɛ] slightly, making it sound close to [æ]
lowering and fronting [ʌ] slightly, making it almost a central vowel [ɜ]
Vowel clusters:
[iɑ] [uɑ] [yɑ]
[uo] [yo]
[iɤ]
[ie] [ue] [ye]
[yɛ] [uɛ] [iɛ]
Tones
Dark level阴平21 Light level 阳平35
(light)Rising上声（阳上）55
light departing阳去213 Dark departing阴去42
light entering阳入55ʔ dark entering阴入42ʔ
Syllable structure:
onset nucleus coda
v
vv
c v
c vv
c v c
c vv c
v c
vv c
Reference:
Bao, Mingwei & Wang Jun(2002). Nantong Diqu Fangyan Yanjiu [A Study on the Dialects in
Nantong Area]. Jiangsu Jiaoyu Press
