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Southwestern Tai/Shan Tones |
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-- based on Thomas Hudak, ed. William J.
Gedney's The Lue Language (Gedney-Hudak 1996) |
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and William J. Gedney's Southwestern Tai
Dialects (Gedney-Hudak 1994) |
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Tone |
Hsi Paw Shan (HPS) |
Khuen, Khün (Kengtung) |
Chieng Hung Lue (H Lue) |
Muong Yong Lue (Y Lue) |
Example |
1 |
low rising |
24 |
rising |
35 |
high level |
55 |
high rising |
45 |
ha1/haa1 |
to seek |
2 |
low-falling |
21 |
low with a
slight rise |
12 |
low rising |
12 |
low rising |
12 |
ha2/haa2 |
shower |
3 |
mid-falling,
glottalized |
31 |
mid level,
glottalized |
33 |
low level,
glottalized |
11 |
low level,
glottalized |
11 |
ha3/haa3 |
five |
4 |
high |
55 |
high |
44 |
low falling |
21 |
mid, with slight
rise and fall |
342 |
ha4, haa4 |
I, mold |
5 |
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low |
22 |
mid level |
33 |
mid level |
33 |
haa5 |
epidemic |
6 |
high-falling, glottalized (Tone
5) |
41 |
high-falling,
glottalized |
51 |
falling,
glottalized |
31 |
falling,
glottalized |
31 |
ha5/haa6 |
to ferment |
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