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===Tones=== | ===Tones=== | ||
Gaju distinguishes four tones: high, low, rising, and falling. They are distinguished in the Latin script as follows: | |||
* High: '''a aa e ee i ii o u uu''' | |||
* Low: '''à àà è èè ì ìì ò ù ùù''' | |||
* Rising: '''â ââ ê êê î îî ô û ûû''' | |||
* Falling: '''ǎ ǎǎ ě ěě ǐ ǐǐ ǒ ǔ ǔǔ''' | |||
The rising and falling tones are uncommon, being found only in loanwords and in a small number of native words where elision of ''VhV'' sequences has caused high-tone and low-tone syllables with the same vowel to occur adjacently to each other. | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||