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'''ā̄/ā/a/a̱/a̱̱/a̗/á/à/a̖/a̬/â''' | '''ā̄/ā/a/a̱/a̱̱/a̗/á/à/a̖/a̬/â''' | ||
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! Romanization | |||
! IPA | |||
! Description | |||
! Example | |||
|- | |||
| ā̄ | |||
| /˥/ | |||
| ''kā̄'' /ləu˧/ 'short' | |||
|- | |||
| '''-n''' | |||
| low level / low checked (21~11) | |||
| ''laun'' /ləu˨˩/ 'to smile' | |||
|- | |||
| '''-b''' | |||
| high level / high falling (55~53) | |||
| ''Laub'' /ləu˥˧/ 'leaf' | |||
|- | |||
| '''-d''' | |||
| dipping / low falling (313~31) | |||
| ''Laud'' /ləu˧˩˧/ 'shoe' | |||
|- | |||
| '''-g''' | |||
| breathy mid level (33 + breathy) | |||
| ''laug'' /lə̤u˧/ 'to knit' | |||
|- | |||
| '''-s''' | |||
| rising (24) | |||
| ''laus'' /ləu˨˦/ 'to receive' | |||
|- | |||
| '''-ß''' | |||
| broken rising (3ˀ5) | |||
| ''Lauß'' /ləu˧ˀ˥/ 'wrinkle' | |||
|} | |||
Tones have a high functional load in Þhea Kï. The following is a tonal minimal 11-tuplet: | Tones have a high functional load in Þhea Kï. The following is a tonal minimal 11-tuplet: | ||
* kā̄: short | * kā̄: short | ||