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

The seven tones of Taiwanese, written in Peh-oe-ji (POJ)

File:Seven Tones.mp3

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

File:Say, hor, pax, piq, hiim, chviu, lok.mp3

say, hor, pax, piq, hiim, chviu, lok (MoeDict)

File:Ty, bea, pax, aq, zoaa, chviu, lok.mp3

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

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

Table

Tone number	Name	Description	調值		POJ	MTL	Example
1	陰平 (dark level)	Køtiau-ym (高平音; High Tone)	˥˥	55	a	af	獅（say）
2	上 (rising)	Sioxngtut-ym (高降音; Shouting-Out Tone)	˥˩	51	á	ar	虎（hor）
3	陰去 (dark departing)	Extut-ym (下突音; Low Falling Tone)	˧˩	31	à	ax	豹（pax）
4	陰入 (dark entering)	Tef-Chiok'ym (低促音; Low Short Tone)	˧ʔ	3ʔ	ah	aq	鱉（piq），鴨（aq）
5	陽平 (light level)	Hoesoaan-ym (迴旋音; Curving Tone)	˨˦	24	â	aa	熊（hiim），牛（guu）
7	陽去 (light departing)	Kitiau-ym (基調音; Basic Tone)	˧˧	33	ā	a	象（chviu）
8	陽入 (light entering)	Køf-Chiok'ym (高促音; High Short Tone)	˥ʔ	5ʔ	a̍h	ah	鹿（lok）

"level, rising, departing, entering" refer to the tones of "pviaa, siorng, khix, jip". see tones of Middle Chinese
Tone 6 used to be a distinct tone, but has long since merged with tone 2. It's still used in reduplication
- (Lukang accent still has the 6th tone, which has merged with the 2nd and 7th tones in other dialects of Taiwanese.)

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-Below is a chart of the '''Tones of Taiwanese''' and correspondence to '''Tones of [[Middle Chinese]]''' (yin/yang, [[im'ioong]]). In [[MTL]], the tone is indicated by ''f'', ''r'', or ''x'' or modified spelling of the vowel.
+'''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)]]
 [[File:Seven Tones.mp3|thumb|none|1. ''{{x|af}}'', 2. ''{{x|ar}}'', 3. ''ax'', 4. ''{{x|aq}}'', 5. ''aa'', 7. ''a'', 8. ''{{x|ah}}'']]
+[[File:say, hor, pax, piq, hiim, chviu, lok.mp3|thumb|none|{{x|say}}, {{x|hor}}, {{x|pax}}, {{x|piq}}, {{x|hiim}}, {{x|chviu}}, {{x|lok}} (''[[MoeDict]]'')]]
+[[File:ty, bea, pax, aq, zoaa, chviu, lok.mp3|thumb|none|{{x|ty}}, {{x|bea}}, {{x|pax}}, {{x|aq}}, {{x|zoaa}}, {{x|chviu}}, {{x|lok}} (''[[MoeDict]]'')]]
+[[File:Taiwanese-8Tones.ogg|thumb|none|[[svaf]], {{x|tea}}, [[khox]], {{x|khoaq}}, [[laang]], [[ea]], [[phvi]], {{x|tit}} (衫 短 褲 闊 人 矮 鼻 直) ]]
+== Table ==
 {|class=wikitable
-!Order (順序)!!Name (調名)!!Description!!colspan=2|調值!![[POJ]]!![[MTL]]!!Example
+!Tone number !! Name !! Description !! colspan=2|調值!![[POJ]]!![[MTL]]!!Example
 |-align=center
-|1||陰平 (yin level)||align=left|[[Køtiau-ym]] (高平音; High Tone)||˥˥||55||a||af||獅 （[[say]]）
+|1||陰平 (dark level)||align=left|[[Køtiau-ym]] (高平音; High Tone)||˥˥||55||a||af||獅 （[[say]]）
 |-align=center
 |2||上 (rising)||align=left|[[Sioxngtut-ym]] (高降音; Shouting-Out Tone)||˥˩||51||á||ar||虎 （[[hor]]）
 |-align=center
-|3||陰去 (yin departing)||align=left|[[Extut-ym]] (下突音; Low Falling Tone)||˧˩||31||à||ax||豹 （{{x|pax}}）
+|3||陰去 (dark departing)||align=left|[[Extut-ym]] (下突音; Low Falling Tone)||˧˩||31||à||ax||豹 （{{x|pax}}）
 |-align=center
-|4||陰入 (yin entering)||align=left| Tef-[[Chiok'ym]] (低促音; Low Short Tone)||˧ʔ||3ʔ||ah||aq||鱉 （[[piq]]），鴨 （[[aq]]）
+|4||陰入 (dark entering)||align=left| Tef-[[Chiok'ym]] (低促音; Low Short Tone)||˧ʔ||3ʔ||ah||aq||鱉 （[[piq]]），鴨 （[[aq]]）
 |-align=center
-|5||陽平 (yang level)||align=left| [[Hoesoaan-ym]] (迴旋音; Curving Tone)||˨˦||24||â||aa||熊 （[[hiim]]），牛 （[[guu]]）
+|5||陽平 (light level)||align=left| [[Hoesoaan-ym]] (迴旋音; Curving Tone)||˨˦||24||â||aa||熊 （[[hiim]]），牛 （[[guu]]）
 |-align=center
-|7||陽去 (yang departing)||align=left|[[Kitiau-ym]] (基調音; Basic Tone)||˧˧||33||ā||a||象 （[[chviu]]）
+|7||陽去 (light departing)||align=left|[[Kitiau-ym]] (基調音; Basic Tone)||˧˧||33||ā||a||象 （[[chviu]]）
 |-align=center
-|8||陽入 (yang entering)||align=left| Køf-[[Chiok'ym]] (高促音; High Short Tone)||˥ʔ||5ʔ||a̍h||ah||鹿 （[[lok]]）
+|8||陽入 (light entering)||align=left| Køf-[[Chiok'ym]] (高促音; High Short Tone)||˥ʔ||5ʔ||a̍h||ah||鹿 （[[lok]]）
 |}
-[[File:say, hor, pax, piq, hiim, chviu, lok.mp3|thumb|none|{{x|say}}, {{x|hor}}, {{x|pax}}, {{x|piq}}, {{x|hiim}}, {{x|chviu}}, {{x|lok}} (''[[MoeDict]]'')]]
+* "level, rising, departing, entering" refer to the tones of "pviaa, siorng, khix, jip". see [[Suosefng|tones of Middle Chinese]]
-* Tone 6 used to be a distinct tone, but has long since merged with tone 2
+* Tone 6 used to be a distinct tone, but has long since merged with tone 2. It's still used in [[reduplication]]
 ** ([[Logkarng-khviw|Lukang accent]] still has the 6th tone, 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}}
-== Examples ==
-[[File:ty, bea, pax, aq, zoaa, chviu, lok.mp3|thumb|none|{{x|ty}}, {{x|bea}}, {{x|pax}}, {{x|aq}}, {{x|zoaa}}, {{x|chviu}}, {{x|lok}} (''[[MoeDict]]'')]]
-[[File:Taiwanese-8Tones.ogg|thumb|none|[[svaf]], {{x|tea}}, [[khox]], {{x|khoaq}}, [[laang]], [[ea]], [[phvi]], {{x|tit}} (衫 短 褲 闊 人 矮 鼻 直) ]]
-== See Also ==
+== See also ==
 * [[Table of all finals in MTL]]
 * [[tngym]] (long tone), [[tefym]] (short tone)

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