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). File:Seven Tones.ogg

The seven tones of Taiwanese.

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.)
- Tone 6 is used in reduplication
Chart adapted from 臺灣話#.E8.81.B2.E8.AA.BF

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 *Tone 6 used to be a distinct tone, but has long since merged with tone 2
 **([[Logkarng-khviw|Lukang]] still has the 6th tone (陽上聲), which has merged with the 2nd and 7th tones in other dialects of Taiwanese.)
+**Tone 6 is used in [[reduplication]]
 *Chart adapted from {{z|臺灣話#.E8.81.B2.E8.AA.BF}}