↑This is the null initial. Syllables beginning with the null initial have some glottal constriction at the onset.[5]
12Song, Yu & Zhuang (1995:16) report that speakers clearly distinguish /l/ and /n/, but Zhan & Cheung (1998:28) describe /n/ as having weak nasality and may sometimes sound similar to /l/.
Tones
Traditional accounts consider there to be eight tone categories:[6][7]
Yan, Li-ming (2013). 云浮白话的疑问语气助词 [The Interrogative Particles in Yunfu Vernacular]. Journal of Guangdong University of Education (in Chinese). 33 (6): 78–86.
Zhan, Bohui; Cheung, Yat-shing, eds. (1998). 粤西十縣市粤方言調查報告 [A Survey of Yue Dialects in West Guangdong] (in Chinese). Guangzhou: Jinan University Press. ISBN7-81029-725-2.