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）

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 ==Examples==
-*{{tts|(TTS)|af,ar,ax,aq,aa,ar,ma,ah}}[http://learntaiwanese.org/Introduction-to-Taiwanese-Vocabulary_files/Tones.ogg Audio]: af [[ar]] ax [[aq]] aa aar a ah.
+*{{tts|af [[ar]] ax [[aq]] aa aar a ah|af,ar,ax,aq,aa,ar,af{,ah}}  [http://learntaiwanese.org/Introduction-to-Taiwanese-Vocabulary_files/Tones.ogg]
-*{{tts|(TTS)|svaf,tea,khox,khoaq,laang,øea,phvi,tit}} [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Taiwanese-8Tones.ogg Audio]: [[svaf]] tea [[khox]] khoaq [[laang]] øea [[phvi]] tit. (衫 短 褲 闊 人 矮 鼻 直; [[commons:File:Taiwanese-8Tones.ogg|Taiwanese-8Tones]])
+*{{tts|[[svaf]], tea, [[khox]], khoaq, [[laang]], øea, [[phvi]], tit}} [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Taiwanese-8Tones.ogg] (衫 短 褲 闊 人 矮 鼻 直)
-*{{tts|(TTS)|ty,bea,pax,aq,zoaa,chviu,lok}}: [[ty]], [[bea]], [[pax]], [[aq]], [[zoaa]], [[chviu]], [[lok]].
+*{{tts|[[ty]], [[bea]], [[pax]], [[aq]], [[zoaa]], [[chviu]], [[lok]]}}
 ==Tone Chart==