Alphabet

There are 32 consonants and 19 vowels in the Tangshang Naga language.

 
Consonants

k	kh	g	ng
t	th	d	n
p	ph	b	m
cy	ch	y	ny
s	sh	ts	tz
f	v	r	l
tf	dz	gh	h
ht	gh	j	lh

 
Vowels

i	e	ä
ii	u	a
ü	ö	o
	aw
ia	ei	ai
aü	ao	äo
ui	ua	oi

Note: aw is not a diphthong but those listed below it are.

There are also five tones and 8 final unreleased consonants. Tones are marked by letters.
 

Tones

Mid tone (unmarked)	High tone	Low-falling tone	Stopped tone	Low tone
	x	z	q	s
ma	max	maz	maq	mas
Corpse	Full	Dream	Fare	Question (dialect)
အလောင်	အပြည့်	အိပ်မက်	အခ	လး?

Final consonants

Final consonants	Tangshang Naga	English	Myanmar
k	kawk	cup	ခွက်
ng	ngawng	quarter chiefman	ရပ်ကွက်လူကြီး
n	nin	to bear	သည်းခံသည်
m	mumx	to feed by mouth	ခွံ့ကျွေးသည်
p	pawp	to top up	အုပ်မိုးသည်
t	tat	to rub	သုပ်သည်
r	varz	fire	မီ
l	liilz	to shine	လင်းသည်

Note: final consonants are unreleased. They have no audible sounds except r and l.