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 == Function of tones ==
-Toaq has mostly '''grammatical tone''': when you change the tone of a word, its grammatical function changes (for example {{t|dẻ}} “is beautiful” → {{t|dẽ}} “beautifully”).
+Toaq has mostly '''grammatical tone''': when you change the tone of a word, its grammatical function changes (for example {{Derani||de}} “is beautiful” → {{Derani||dê}} “beautifully”).
 This is in contrast to '''lexical tone''', like in Chinese: there, when you change the tone of a syllable, it becomes a different word (lexeme) entirely. For example 西 xı̄ “west” → 媳 xí “daughter-in-law”.
-Toaq has a ''little'' bit of lexical tone, too, limited to speech act particles: {{t|da}} and {{t|dâ}} are two different lexemes.
+Toaq has a ''little'' bit of lexical tone, too, limited to speech act particles: {{Derani||da}} and {{Derani||dâ}} are two different lexemes.
 == The four tones ==
-#The '''falling tone''' {{done|1}} is used for verbs, predicatizers, and adjectives. ({{t|fa}} “goes”, {{t|kúe gı}} “the good book”, {{t|… po káto}} “… of the cat”)
+#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. ({{t|káto}} “the cat”, {{t|sá kato}} “some cat(s)”, {{t|jí}} “I/me”)
+#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. ({{t|ꝡä gı}} “that it’s good”)
+#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. ({{t|fêı}} “angrily”, {{t|nîe tíaı}} “inside the box”)
+#The '''rising-falling tone''' {{done|4}} is for adverbial adjuncts. ({{Derani||fêı}} “angrily”, {{Derani| |nîe tíaı}} “inside the box”)
 === Interaction with parts of speech ===
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 ! [[Speech act particle]]
-| colspan=4 | Lexical tone (i.e. {{t|dâ}} and {{t|da}} are simply different lexemes)
+| colspan=4 | Lexical tone (i.e. {{Derani||da}} and {{Derani||dâ}} are simply different lexemes)
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 ! [[Focus particle]]