Yunmu

In languages of monosyllabic[?] morphemes - such as all Sinitic languages (Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, Xiang, Wu, Hakka, Min, etc.), Myan-Hmong languages, Thai-Kadai languages, many Tibeto-Burmese languages, Vietnamese and Muong - yunmu refers to the second of the two parts that form the syllable. The first part is called shengmu[?].

Syllables can be of, and are not limited to, following forms (C=Consonant, Cl= Consonant Cluster, v=Vowel, d,=Diphthong):

• Cv= shengmuC + yunmuv
• CvC= shengmuC + yunmuvC
• CvCl= shengmuC + yunmuvCl

• v= shengmunull + yunmuv
• vC= shengmunull + yunmuvC
• vCl= shengmunull + yunmuvCl

• Clv= shengmuC + yunmuv
• ClvC= shengmuC + yunmuvC
• vCl= shengmunull + yunmuvCl

• Cd= shengmuC + yunmud
• CdC= shengmuC + yunmudC
• CdCl= shengmuC + yunmudCl

• d= shengmunull + yunmud
• dC= shengmunull + yunmudC
• dCl= shengmunull + yunmudCl

• Cld= shengmuC + yunmud
• CldC= shengmuC + yunmudC
• dCl= shengmunull + yunmudCl