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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]] | Below is a chart of the '''Tones of Taiwanese''' and correspondence to '''Tones of [[Middle Chinese]]''' (yin/yang, [[im'ioong]]). [[File:Seven Tones.ogg]] | ||
[[Image:Taiwanese tones.png|thumb|left|The seven tones of Taiwanese.]] | |||
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**([[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.) | **([[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.) | ||
*Chart adapted from {{z|臺灣話#.E8.81.B2.E8.AA.BF}} | *Chart adapted from {{z|臺灣話#.E8.81.B2.E8.AA.BF}} | ||
== Examples == | == Examples == | ||
Revision as of 23:55, 12 November 2017
Below is a chart of the Tones of Taiwanese and correspondence to Tones of Middle Chinese (yin/yang, im'ioong). File:Seven Tones.ogg
| 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.)
- Chart adapted from 臺灣話#.E8.81.B2.E8.AA.BF
Examples
- svaf, tea, khox, khoaq, laang, ea, phvi, tit 🔊 (衫 短 褲 闊 人 矮 鼻 直)
- ty, bea, pax, aq, zoaa, chviu, lok 🔊
See Also
- Tngym (long tone)
- Tefym (short tone)
- Zoafntiau (Tone sandhi)
- Reduplication