Re: Tonal Languages taken to extremes
| From: | Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 28, 2001, 19:02 |
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On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 04:52:36 -0400, Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
wrote:
>I've been trying to recall what the tones were. I believe I had
>
>high level
>mid level
>low level
>high rising
>low rising
>high falling
>low falling
>high rise-fall
>low rise-fall
>high fall-rise
>low fall-rise
Add 'sharp rising' (15) and 'sharp falling' (51).
I've read a description of a language having 11 tones (Nu or Pu-Nu, of
the Miao-Yao family).
Basilius