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'''Tone change''' ({{w|tone sandhi}}) in | '''Tone change''' ({{w|tone sandhi}}, from the Sanskrit word for "joining") in Taiwanese is the process of altering the [[Tones of Taiwanese|tone]] of a syllable depending on the surrounding words and grammatical function. Most nouns in Taiwanese do not change tone. However, almost all verbs and adjectives do change tone when not at the end of a phrase. | ||
== Basic rules (Tone Circles) == | == Basic rules (Tone Circles) == |
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