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=== Tones ===
=== Tones ===
English names: "top, high, mid, low, bottom, bottom-rise, mid-rise, top-fall, mid-fall, dip, peak"
Tones have a high functional load in Þhea Kï.
 
˥/˦/˧/˨/˩/˩˥/˧˥/˥˩/˧˩/˨˩˨~˩˨/˨˧˨~˧˦˧~˦˨
 
'''ā̄/ā/a/a̱/a̱̱/a̗/á/à/a̖/a̬/â'''
 
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! Rom.
! Rom.
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! English name
! English name
! Example
! Example
! Description
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|-
| '''ā̄'''
| '''ā̄'''
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| top
| top
| ''kā̄'' /kɑ˥/ 'short'
| ''kā̄'' /kɑ˥/ 'short'
|
|-
|-
| '''-n'''
| '''ā'''
| low level / low checked (21~11)
| /˦/
| ''laun'' /ləu˨˩/ 'to smile'
| high
| '''' /kɑ˦/ 'coat'
|
|-
|-
| '''-b'''
| '''a'''
| high level / high falling (55~53)
| /˧/
| ''Laub'' /ləu˥˧/ 'leaf'
| mid
| ''ka'' /kɑ˧/ 'to take'
|
|-
|-
| '''-d'''
| ''''''
| dipping / low falling (313~31)
| /˨/
| ''Laud'' /ləu˧˩˧/ 'shoe'
| low
| ''ka̱'' /kɑ˨/ 'to breathe'
|
|-
|-
| '''-g'''
| '''a̱̱'''
| breathy mid level (33 + breathy)
| /˩/
| ''laug'' /lə̤u˧/ 'to knit'
| bottom
| ''ka̱̱'' /kɑ˩/ 'to burn (intrans.)'
|
|-
|-
| '''-s'''
| ''''''
| rising (24)
| /˩˥/
| ''laus'' /ləu˨˦/ 'to receive'
| low-rise
| ''ka̗'' /kɑ˩˥/ 'roof'
|
|-
|-
| '''-ß'''
| '''á'''
| broken rising (3ˀ5)
| /˧˥/
| ''Lauß'' /ləu˧ˀ˥/ 'wrinkle'
| mid-rise
| ''ká'' /kɑ˧˥/ 'fencepost'
|
|-
| '''à'''
| /˥˩/
| high-fall
| ''kà'' /kɑ˥˩/ 'crow, raven; (ideophone) caw'
|
|-
| '''a̖'''
| /˧˩/
| mid-fall
| ''ka̖'' /kɑ˧˩/ 'finger'
|
|-
| '''a̬'''
| /˨˩˨/
| dip
| ''ka̬'' /kɑ˨˩˨/ 'oil, fat, grease'
|
|-
| '''â'''
| /˨˦˨/
| dip
| '''' /˨˦˨/ 'to imprint, to stamp'
|}
|}
Tones have a high functional load in Þhea Kï. The following is a tonal minimal 11-tuplet:
* kā̄: short
* kā: coat
* ka: to take
* ka̱: to breathe
* ka̱̱: to burn (intrans.)
* ka̗: roof
* ká: fencepost
* kà: crow/raven; (ideophone) caw
* ka̖: finger
* ka̬: grease
* kâ: to imprint, to stamp


==== Tone box ====
==== Tone box ====
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