Tones of Taiwanese: Difference between revisions

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Tones of Taiwanese. In MTL, the tone is indicated by f, r, or x or modified spelling of the vowel.

Pitch vs. time of the seven tones of Taiwanese. Peh-oe-ji (POJ) is shown for the vowel a

1. af, 2. ar, 3. ax, 4. aq, 5. aa, 7. a, 8. ah

ty, bea, pax, aq, zoaa, chviu, lok (MoeDict)

svaf, tea, khox, khoaq, laang, ea, phvi, tit (衫短褲闊人矮鼻直)

Tone number	Name	Description	Pitch	MTL	Example
1	dark level (ym-pviaa 陰平)	high	55	af	say 獅
2	rising (siorng 上)	shouting	51	ar	hor 虎
3	dark departing (ym-khix 陰去)	low falling	31	ax	pax 豹
4	dark entering (ym-jip 陰入)	low short	3ʔ	aq	piq 鱉, aq 鴨
5	light level (ioong-pviaa 陽平)	curving tone	24	aa	hiim 熊, guu 牛
7	light departing (ioong-khix 陽去)	basic tone	33	a	chviu 象
8	light entering (ioong-jip 陽入)	high short	5ʔ	ah	lok 鹿

"level, rising, departing, entering" or "pviaa, siorng, khix, jip" refer to the original four tones of Middle Chinese
Not shown: Tone 6 (pitch 22/33) is not widely used. Lukang accent still has the 6th tone, which has merged with the 2nd and 7th tones in other dialects of Taiwanese. Tone 9 (pitch 35) is used in Japanese loanwords and contractions. See TRS for diacritics.

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 '''Tones of Taiwanese'''. In [[MTL]], the tone is indicated by ''f'', ''r'', or ''x'' or modified spelling of the vowel.
-[[Image:Taiwanese tones.png|thumb|none|The seven tones of Taiwanese, written in [[Peh-oe-ji]] (POJ)]]
+[[Image:Taiwanese tones.png|thumb|none|Pitch vs. time of the seven tones of Taiwanese. [[Peh-oe-ji]] (POJ) is shown for the vowel ''a'']]
 [[File:Seven Tones.mp3|thumb|none|1. ''{{x|af}}'', 2. ''{{x|ar}}'', 3. ''ax'', 4. ''{{x|aq}}'', 5. ''aa'', 7. ''a'', 8. ''{{x|ah}}'']]