Tones of Taiwanese: Difference between revisions

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Below is a chart of the Tones of Taiwanese and correspondence to Tones of Middle Chinese (yin/yang, im'ioong).

Order (順序)	Name (調名)	Description	調值		POJ	MTL listen 🔊	Example listen 🔊
1	陰平 (yin level)	Køtiau-ym (高平音; High Tone)	˥˥	55	a	af	獅（say）
2(6)	上 (rising)	Sioxngtut-ym (高降音; Shouting-Out Tone)	˥˩	51	á	ar	虎（hor）
3	陰去 (yin departing)	Extut-ym (下突音; Low Falling Tone)	˧˩	31	à	ax	豹（pax）
4	陰入 (yin entering)	Tef-Chiok'ym (低促音; Low Short Tone)	˧ʔ	3ʔ	ah	aq	鱉（piq），鴨（aq）
5	陽平 (yang level)	Hoesoaan-ym (迴旋音; Curving Tone)	˨˦	24	â	aa	熊（hiim），牛（guu）
7	陽去 (yang departing)	Kitiau-ym (基調音; Basic Tone)	˧˧	33	ā	a	象（chviu）
8	陽入 (yang entering)	Køf-Chiok'ym (高促音; High Short Tone)	˥ʔ	5ʔ	a̍h	ah	鹿（lok）

Tone 6 used to be a distinct tone, but has long since merged with tone 2
- (Lukang still has the 6th tone (陽上聲), which has merged with the 2nd and 7th tones in other dialects of Taiwanese. This tone is also present in Quanzhou dialect.)
Chart adapted from 臺灣話#.E8.81.B2.E8.AA.BF
see graphic File:Taiwanese_tones.png

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 ==Examples==
 *{{tts|af [[ar]] ax [[aq]] aa aar a ah|af,ar,ax,aq,aa,ar,af{,ah}}  [[File:Tones.ogg]]
-*{{tts|[[svaf]], tea, [[khox]], khoaq, [[laang]], [[øea]], [[phvi]], tit}} (衫 短 褲 闊 人 矮 鼻 直)  [[File:Taiwanese-8Tones.ogg]]
+*{{tts|[[svaf]], tea, [[khox]], khoaq, [[laang]], [[ea]], [[phvi]], tit}} (衫 短 褲 闊 人 矮 鼻 直)  [[File:Taiwanese-8Tones.ogg]]
 *{{tts|[[ty]], [[bea]], [[pax]], [[aq]], [[zoaa]], [[chviu]], [[lok]]}}