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#The '''[[falling tone]]''' {{done|1}} is used for verbs, predicatizers, and adjectives. ({{Derani|󱚴󱚺|fa}} “goes”, {{Derani|󱛘󱛄󱛊󱚲󱛍󱚴󱛙 󱛃󱚹|kúe gı}} “the good book”, {{Derani|— 󱚳󱛃 󱛘󱛄󱛊󱚺󱚷󱛃󱛙|… po káto}} “… of the cat”)

#The '''[[rising tone]]''' {{done|2}} is used for nouns, [[determiners]], and pronouns. ({{Derani|󱛘󱛄󱛊󱚺󱚷󱛃󱛙|káto}} “the cat”, {{Derani|󱚺󱛊󱚺 󱛘󱛄󱚺󱚷󱛃󱛙|sá kato}} “some cat(s)”, {{Derani|󱚾󱛊󱚹|jí}} “I/me”)

#The '''[[low glottal tone]]''' {{done|3}} is used for complementizers and clause-initiating words. ({{Derani|󱛁󱚺󱛋 󱛃󱚹|ꝡä gı}} “that it’s good”)

#The '''[[rising-falling tone]]''' {{done|4}} is for adverbial adjuncts. ({{Derani|󱚴󱛌󱚴󱛎󱚹|fêı}} “angrily”, {{Derani|󱚵󱛌󱚹󱛍󱚴 󱛘󱚷󱛊󱚹󱚺󱛎󱚹󱛙|nîe tíaı}} “inside the box”)

Tone on focus particles is a little nuanced. If you focus something carrying a tonal inflection, like the {{done|2}} in {{Derani|󱛘󱚰󱛊󱚺󱛎󱛃󱚾󱚺󱛙|máoja}}, then the focus particle "steals" the tone. But if the word is uninflected (in the "default tone" for its part of speech), the focus particle stays in its default rising tone form.

{{Derani|󱛄󱚲󱛒󱚻󱚹󱛍󱚺󱚷󱚲󱛍󱚺|kụrıatua}}<ul></ul>

| {{Derani|󱛄󱛊󱚲 󱛘󱚰󱚺󱛎󱛃󱚾󱚺󱛙|kú maoja}}

| {{Derani|󱛄󱛌󱚲 󱛀󱛃󱛎󱚹|kû shoı}}

{{Derani|󱛄󱛊󱚲 󱚾󱛊󱚹|kú jí}}

| {{Derani|󱛄󱛌󱚲 󱚾󱛊󱚹|kû jí}}

{{Derani|󱛄󱛊󱚲 󱚲󱛊󱚺󱛂 󱛘󱚵󱚺󱚱󱛙|kú báq nam}}

| {{Derani|󱛄󱛌󱚲 󱚲󱛊󱚺󱛂 󱛘󱚵󱚺󱚱󱛙|kû báq nam}}

{{Derani|󱛄󱛊󱚲 󱛁󱚺󱛋|kú ꝡä}}

| {{Derani|󱛄󱛌󱚲 󱛁󱚺󱛋|kû ꝡä}}

One exception is the event accessor verb {{Derani|󱚴󱛋|ë}}, which carries an inherent glottal tone due to being both a verb and a subordinator.

| {{Derani|󱛄󱛊󱚲 󱚴󱛋 󱚰󱚺󱚻󱚺󱛎󱛃|kú ë marao}}

{{Derani|󱛄󱛋󱚲󱛒󱚴 󱚰󱚺󱚻󱚺󱛎󱛃|kụ̈'e marao}}

| {{Derani|󱛄󱛌󱚲 󱚴󱛋 󱚰󱚺󱚻󱚺󱛎󱛃|kû ë marao}}