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


=== Interaction with parts of speech ===
=== Interaction with parts of speech ===