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| ====Rimes==== | | ====Rimes==== |
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| ===Modern Greater Wiobian===
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| ====Phonotactics====
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| (C)V(C)<sup>T</sup>
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| Words are mainly monosyllabic, occasionally trochees.
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| Compounds are left-headed and trochaic.
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| ====Initials====
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| The following 'Wiobian pinyin' could be used to represent Modern Greater Wiobian words phonetically:
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| <poem>
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| Tones: Cantonese tones, numbered as in Cantonese
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| Initials:
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| labials: ƀ /ɓ/ b /p/ p /pʰ/ m /m/ f /f/ pf /pf/
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| dentals: đ /ɗ/ d /t/ t /tʰ/ n /n/ s /s/ z /z/
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| laterals: dź /tɬ/ ć /tɬʰ/ ś /ɬ/ l /l/ ł /ɫ/
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| retroflexes: dż /tʂ/ cz /tʂʰ/ sz /ʂ/ ż /ʐ/ nz /ɳ/
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| palatals: dzi /tɕ/ ci /tɕʰ/ si /ɕ/ zi /ʑ/ ni /ɲ/ j /j/
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| velars: g /k/ k /kʰ/ ch /x/ ng /ŋ/
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| laryngeals: (null) /ʔ/ h /h/
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| Vowels: a /a/ e /ɛ/ i /i/ o /ɔ/ u /u/ y /ɨ/ ơ /œ/ ư /y/
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| Finals: -p /p/ -t /t/ -k /k/ -m /m/ -n /n/ -ng /ŋ/ -i /j/ -u /w/
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| </poem>
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 700px; text-align: center;"
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| |+ '''Modern Standard Wiobian initials'''
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| ! colspan="2"|
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| ! | Labial
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| ! | Alveolar
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| ! | Lateral
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| ! | Retroflex
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| ! | Palatal
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| ! | Velar
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| ! | Glottal
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| ! colspan="2" | Nasal
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| | /m/
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| | /n/
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| | /ɳ/
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| | /ɲ/
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| | /ŋ/
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| ! rowspan="3" |Plosive
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| ! | <small>plain</small>
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| | /p/
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| | /t/
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| | /k/
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| | /ʔ/
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| ! | <small>aspirated</small>
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| | /pʰ/
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| | /tʰ/
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| | /kʰ/
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| |-
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| ! | <small>implosive</small>
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| | /ɓ/
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| | /ɗ/
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| ! rowspan="2" |Affricate
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| ! | <small>plain</small>
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| | /pf/
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| | /tɬ/
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| | /ʈʂ/
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| | /tɕ/
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| ! | <small>aspirated</small>
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| | /tɬʰ/
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| | /ʈʂʰ/
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| | /tɕʰ/
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| ! rowspan="2" |Fricative
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| ! | <small>plain</small>
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| | /f/
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| | /s/
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| | /ɬ/
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| | /ʂ/
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| | /ɕ/
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| | /x/
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| | /h/
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| | /v/
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| | /z/
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| | /ʐ/
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| | /ʑ/
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| ! colspan="2" |Approximant
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| | /l/, /ɫ/
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| | /j/
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| |}
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| <!--
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| '''m, sm, mb''' > /m/
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| '''p''' > /pʰ/
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| '''sp, b''' > /p/
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| '''mp''' > /b/
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| '''f, Vp''' > /f/
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| '''V(n)f, Vb''' > /v/
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 700px; text-align: center;"
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| |+ '''Modern Standard Wiobian-B initials'''
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| ! colspan="2"|
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| ! | Labial
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| ! | Alveolar
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| ! | Lateral
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| ! | Retroflex
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| ! | Palatal
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| ! | Velar
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| ! | Glottal
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| ! colspan="2" | Nasal
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| | /m/
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| | /n/
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| | /nˡ/
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| | /ɳ/
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| | /ɲ/
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| | /ŋ/
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| ! rowspan="3" |Plosive/Affricate
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| ! | <small>plain</small>
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| | /p/
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| | /t/
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| | /tɬ/
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| | /ʈʂ/
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| | /tɕ/
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| | /k/
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| | /ʔ/
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| | /b/
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| | /d/
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| | /dɮ/
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| | /ɖʐ/
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| | /dʑ/
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| ! | <small>aspirated</small>
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| | /pʰ/
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| | /tʰ/
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| | /tɬʰ/
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| | /ʈʂʰ/
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| | /tɕʰ/
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| | /kʰ/
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| ! rowspan="2" |Fricative
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| | /f/
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| | /s/
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| | /ɬ/
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| | /ʂ/
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| | /ɕ/
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| | /x/
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| | /v/
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| | /z/
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| | /ʐ/
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| | /ʑ/
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| | /ɣ/
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| ! colspan="2" |Approximant
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| | /w/
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| | /l/
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| | /j/
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| |}-->
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| ====Rimes====
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| A whole rime dictionary would be necessary to describe all the rimes, since the rules are so complex/irregular. Sorry
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| =====Nucleus=====
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| {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;"
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| |+ '''Modern Standard Wiobian monophthongs'''
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| ! rowspan="2" style="width: 90px; "|
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| ! colspan="2" style="width: 180px; " |Front
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| ! rowspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central
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| ! rowspan="2" colspan="1" style="width: 90px; " |Back
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| ! colspan="1" style="width: 90px; " |<small>unrounded</small>
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| ! colspan="1" style="width: 90px; " |<small>rounded</small>
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| ! style="" |Close
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| | /i/
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| | /y/
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| | [ɨ]<sup>1</sup>
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| | /u/
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| ! style="" |Mid
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| | /e/
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| | /ø/
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| | /o/
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| ! style="" |Open
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| | /a/
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| |}
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| <sup>1</sup> Allophone of /i/ and /y/ after dental and retroflex initials.<br/>
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| <sup>2</sup> Allophone of /æ/ after retroflex consonants.
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| Short vowels (which only occured in closed syllables) are fairly stably preserved.
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| =====Umlaut=====
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| *short ''u'' /u/ i-umlauts to short ''ü'' /y/
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| *''io'' /y/? i-umlauts to ''ie'' /i/?
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| *''ia'' /jæ/ i-umlauts to ''ie'' /i/?
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| *short ''o'' /o/ i-umlauts to short ''ö'' /e/
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| *short ''a'' /æ/ i-umlauts to short ''ä'' /e/
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| *short ''e'' /ə/ i-umlauts to short ''i'' /i/
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| *''uo'' i-umlauts to ''üö''
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| *short ''a'' /æ/ u-umlauts to short ''å'' /o/
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| =====Coda consonants=====
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| Only the following coda consonants may occur: [p t k m n ŋ j w].
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| =====Phonotactics=====
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| ====Tones====
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| Stressed syllables may have one of 6 tones.
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| # high level/high falling tone (˥)
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| # mid rising tone (˧˥) < LMW high breathy
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| # mid level tone (˧) < LMW high glottalized,
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| # low falling tone (˨˩) < LMW low modal
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| # low rising tone (˩˧) < LMW low breathy
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| # low level tone (˨) < LMW low glottalized
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| Example syllable: /maj/ [[File:Wiobian-tones.ogg|audio]]
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| # /maj˥/ (''mai1'') ''Schmörr'': liver
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| # /maj˧˥/ (''mai2'') ''Kmas'': border/edge
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| # /maj˧/ (''mai3'') ''schmeig'': lie
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| # /maj˨˩/ (''mai4'') ''enber'': memorize
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| # /maj˩˧/ (''mai5'') ''Mels'': lightning
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| # /maj/ (''mai6'') ''enbelt'': provoke
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| ==Grammar== | | ==Grammar== |