Re: Tones & Pitch
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 24, 1999, 5:00 |
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On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 10:06:42 -0800, Jon Kelm <decoder24@...> wrote:
>How does one represent tones in IPA or SAMPA?
IPA uses one of two systems to represent tones. One system uses the acute
accent for high tone, macron for mid tone, grave for low tone, and
combinations of these for rising and falling tones. The other system uses=
a
set of symbols that consist of a horizontal or diagonal line, whose =
height
represents the pitch of the tone, attached to a vertical line.
SAMPA uses _B, _L, _M, _H, and _T for level tones from low to high, _R =
for
rising and _F for falling.