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This table shows how the four tones interact with Toaq's parts of speech:
This table shows how the four tones interact with Toaq's parts of speech:


{| class="wikitable"
{{Tone table}}
|-
!
! Falling tone {{done|1}}
! Rising tone {{done|2}}
! Glottal tone {{done|3}}
! Rising-falling tone {{done|4}}
|-
! [[Verb]]
| <ul><li>[[Verbal complex]]<li>[[Serial]] tail<li>[[Adjective]]<li>[[Determiner]] complement</ul>
| [[Bound variable]]
| style=background:#ccc |
| [[Adjunct]]
|-
! [[Pronoun]]
| style=background:#ccc |
| Argument
| style=background:#ccc |
| [[Incorporated object]]
|-
! [[Determiner]]
| style=background:#ccc |
| Argument
| style=background:#ccc |
| [[Incorporated object]]
|-
! [[Complementizer]]
| [[Speech act]] complement
| style=background:#ccc |
| [[Subclause]] head</ul>
| [[Incorporated object]]
|-
! [[Interjection]]
| Interjection
| Inquiry
| style=background:#ccc |
| Expression of empathy
|-
! [[Speech act particle]]
| colspan=4 | Lexical tone (i.e. {{Derani|󱚶󱚺|da}} and {{Derani|󱚶󱛌󱚺|dâ}} are simply different lexemes)
|-
! [[Focus particle]]
| colspan=4 | Steals tone from head if possible, otherwise rising tone
|-
! [[Conjunction]]
| Highest precedence
| Default precedence
| style=background:#ccc |
| Second highest precedence
|}


=== Interaction with focus particles ===
=== Interaction with focus particles ===
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