IPA Bible Wa (and revs) PRC (prototype) PRC Wa Official Wa
p t tɕ k p t c k p t c k b d j g p t c k
b d dʑ g b d j g b d j k nb nd nj mg b d j g
pʰ tʰ tɕʰ kʰ hp ht hc hk
(ph th ch hk)*
ph th ch kh p t q k ph th ch kh
bʰ dʰ dʑʰ gʰ b d j g
(bh dh jh gh)*
(hb hd hj hg)‡
bh dh jh gh np nt nq nk bh dh jh gh
m n ɲ ŋ m n ny ng m n ɲ ŋ m n ny ng m n ny ng
mʰ nʰ ɲʰ ŋʰ m n ny ng
(mh nh nyh ngh)*
mh nh ɲh ŋh hm hn hny hng mh nh nyh ngh
r j l v s r y l v s r z l v s r y l v s r y l v s
rʰ jʰ lʰ vʰ r y l v
(rh yh lh vh)*
(hr hy hl hv)‡
rh zh lh vh hr hl hy hv rh yh lh vh/f
-p -t -c k p t t/k† k p t k† k b d g† g p t t/k† k
-m -n -ɲ -ŋ m n ng† ng m n ng† ng m n ng† ng m n ng† ng
IPA Bible Wa (and revs) PRC (prototype) PRC Wa Official Wa
-h -ʔ (not marked)
(h x)*‡
h q h x h x
i e ɛ a i e eh a i e э a i ei ie a i ei ie a
(i ei ie a)*‡
u o ɔ u o aw u o u ou o u o aw
ɤ ɯ eu ui w y ee e ee e
ui oi ɔi u-i o-e oi** ui oi ɵi ui oui oi wi/ui we awi
ɯi ɤi aɯ ui-i eu-e au wi yi aw eei eui ae(e) eei eue au
ia i-a ia ia ia/ya
iaɔ uai ua i-ao u-ai u-a** iau uai ua iao uai ua iao
(iao uai ua)‡
a / a̤ a /a(a / ā)‡ a / aъ a / ā see table below

* revisions included in Wa Welfare Society (WWS) booklets (Ai Pao 1992, 1994).
** Bible Wa spellings of diphthongs were subject to arbitrary variation.
‡ revisions proposed by nyī Ka (1989).
† none of the orthographies distinguishes palatal final consonants. the phonological contrast is maintained instead by the preceding palatal glide, characteristic of Mon-Khmer palatal finals, and reclassifying the palatal as either velar or alveolar.