Jao language

The Jao language, as the name suggests is the ethnic language of the Jao. It broke off from Early Old Shár.

Initials

 * The aspirated stops are heavily aspirated.
 * The tenuis stops are actually slightly aspirated (presumably to help to keep them distinct from the voiced stops), with the exception of, which is completely unaspirated, presumably due to the lack of a corresponding voiced stop to be kept distinct from.
 * The voiced stops may be breathy voiced, depending on speaker preference.