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'''Tones of Taiwanese'''. The traditional tone class categorization, named after the tones of [[Middle Chinese]]:
'''Tones of Taiwanese'''. The traditional tone class categorization, named after the [[suosefng|tones]] of [[Middle Chinese]]:


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|8 || light entering ({{gs|ioong-jip|陽入}}) || high short || 5ʔ || ah || {{gs|lok|鹿}}
|8 || light entering ({{gs|ioong-jip|陽入}}) || high short || 5ʔ || ah || {{gs|lok|鹿}}
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* "level, rising, departing, entering" or "pviaa, siorng, khix, jip" refer to the original [[suosefng|four tones of Middle Chinese]]
* tone names "level, rising, departing, entering" or "pviaa, siorng, khix, jip" are from the ''[[suosefng]]'' of Middle Chinese
* Not shown: Tone 6 ("light rising", pitch 22/33) is not widely used. [[Logkarng-khviw|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 [[TL]] for diacritics.
* Not shown: Tone 6 ("light rising", pitch 22/33) is not widely used. [[Logkarng-khviw|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 [[TL]] for diacritics.



Revision as of 19:45, 15 July 2022

Tones of Taiwanese. The traditional tone class categorization, named after the tones of Middle Chinese:

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 )
  • tone names "level, rising, departing, entering" or "pviaa, siorng, khix, jip" are from the suosefng of Middle Chinese
  • Not shown: Tone 6 ("light rising", 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 TL for diacritics.
svaf, tea, khox, khoaq, laang, øea, phvi, tit (shirt, short, pants, wide, person, short, nose, straight; 衫 短 褲 闊 人 矮 鼻 直)

See also