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