Vowels
| Working orthography | IPA | Example words |
| a | a | gian33 |
| u | u | zu33 |
| o | ɔ | zo21 |
| *e | e | nen53 |
| i | i | iu53 |
| *e | ə | zem33 |
*When the tone is 21, then ‘e’ is pronounced as /e/, when the tone is 33 or 53, then ‘e’ is pronounced as /ə/.
Consonants
| Working Orthography | IPA | Example Words |
| s | s | su21 |
| gi | ɟ | giog21 |
| z | z | zo21 |
| p | ph | pi21 |
| b | p | boi53 |
| d | t | du21 |
| g | k | gud21 |
| ng | ŋ | gong33 |
| f | f | fi53 |
| n | n | nen53 |
| c | ts | cong21 |
| l | l | lao |
| v | v | vut21 |
| q | tç | qid21 |
| ngi | ɲ | ngiu21 |
| ‘ | ʔ | za’21 |
Consonants at the coda position are all unreleased, except for nasal ones.