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| ==Bän Ntli dialect== | | ==Bän Ntli dialect== |
| The Bän Ntli dialect is a non-standard dialect of Hlou. | | The Bän Ntli /pã˨˩ ⁿtɬʰi˧/ dialect is a non-standard dialect of Hlou. |
| ===Vowels=== | | ===Vowels=== |
| a e i o u ä ë ö = /a ɛ i ɔ u ã ɛ̃ ɔ̃/ | | a e i o u ä ë ö = /a ɛ i ɔ u ã ɛ̃ ɔ̃/ |
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| ===Tone=== | | ===Tone=== |
| {{PAGENAME}} has 7 tones, indicated by final letters in Schngellstein's orthography.
| | Tones are the same as in standard Hlou. |
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| {|class="bluetable lightbluebg"
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| ! Orthography
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| ! Tone
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| ! Example
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| |-
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| | ∅
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| | mid level / mid checked (33~32)
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| | ''lau'' /ləu˧/ 'to plant'
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| |-
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| | '''-n'''
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| | low level / low checked (21~11)
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| | ''laun'' /ləu˨˩/ 'to smile'
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| |-
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| | '''-b'''
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| | high level / high falling (55~53)
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| | ''Laub'' /ləu˥˧/ 'spring (season)'
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| | '''-d'''
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| | dipping / low falling (313~31)
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| | ''Laud'' /ləu˧˩˧/ 'shoe'
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| | '''-g'''
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| | breathy mid level (33 + breathy)
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| | ''laug'' /lə̤u˧/ 'to knit'
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| | '''-s'''
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| | rising (24)
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| | ''laus'' /ləu˨˦/ 'to receive'
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| | '''-ß'''
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| | broken rising (3ˀ5)
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| | ''Lauß'' /ləu˧ˀ˥/ 'wrinkle'
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| Approximate tone frequencies (among non-entering tone syllables): b > s ~ 0 > n > ß ~ g > d
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| ==Orthography== | | ==Orthography== |