Short tones: Difference between revisions

From Taioaan Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
mNo edit summary
(6 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Short tones''' in Taiwanese end with ''h'', ''p'', ''t'', or ''k'' sounds.  In [[MTL]] the low short tones end with ''q'', ''b'', ''d'', or ''g''.
'''Short tones''' ({{w|checked tone}}) in Taiwanese end with ''h'', ''p'', ''t'', or ''k'' sounds.  In [[MLT]], the high-short tones end with ''h'', ''p'', ''t'', or ''k'', and the low-short tones end with ''q'', ''b'', ''d'', or ''g''.


== Word-final stops ==
== Word-final stops ==
Line 7: Line 7:
* [[t]]/[[d]] ({{w|Alveolar stop}}, 舌前促音): {{x|zhat}}, {{x|pad}} (''thief, eight'')
* [[t]]/[[d]] ({{w|Alveolar stop}}, 舌前促音): {{x|zhat}}, {{x|pad}} (''thief, eight'')
* [[k]]/[[g]] ({{w|Velar stop}}, 喉頂促音): {{x|pak}}, {{x|pag}} (''to lease, north'')
* [[k]]/[[g]] ({{w|Velar stop}}, 喉頂促音): {{x|pak}}, {{x|pag}} (''to lease, north'')
*Note: The glottal "q" often [[tone sandhi|sandhi]]'s into [[shouting tone]]: {{x|bahzaxng}}
* Note: The glottal "q" often [[tone sandhi|sandhi]]'s into [[shouting tone]]: {{x|bahzaxng}}
Only about 30 short-tone finals are commonly used (29 high-short and 33 low-short are counted in the ''[[Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]]'').
Almost all non-v-nasalized vowels have a short version, leading to about 30 short finals. About half of v-nasalized vowels can end with ''h'', adding 6 more. See: [[Table of all MLT finals]]


== Chiok'ym ==
== Gwsuu ==
{{g|Tefym|{{ptj|短音}}|short tones}} / {{gs|chiok'ym|促音|short tone}}
* {{gs|chiok'ym|促音|checked/short tone}}
*{{gs|køf-chiok'ym|高促音|high, #8, 5ʔ}}
* {{g|koaan-chiok'ym||high-short, #8}}
*{{gs|tef-chiok'ym|低促音|low, #4, 3ʔ}}
* {{g|ke-chiok'ym||low-short, #4}}


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Table of all finals in MTL]]  
* [[Table of all MLT finals]]  
 
* [[Suosefng]]
[[Category:Tones of Taiwanese]]
[[Category:Tones of Taiwanese]]

Revision as of 10:42, 2 April 2024

Short tones (checked tone) in Taiwanese end with h, p, t, or k sounds. In MLT, the high-short tones end with h, p, t, or k, and the low-short tones end with q, b, d, or g.

Word-final stops

Stop consonants and examples:

Almost all non-v-nasalized vowels have a short version, leading to about 30 short finals. About half of v-nasalized vowels can end with h, adding 6 more. See: Table of all MLT finals

Gwsuu

See also