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(Created page with "The '''main verb tone''' or '''F-tone''' is a hypothetical new tone that would mark the main verb of a clause or sentence. This would make {{tone|4}} purely a "serial verb continuation tone." It is marked in this article with an "m above" diacritic. For example: {{t|{{green|Jaͫq}} chỏ jí ní sỉo da.}} Introducing such a tone would have a few benefits: # No more mandatory {{t|da}} or {{t|la}} fences between sentences, as this tone itself marks (the verb of) a ne...") |
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{{Hatnote|This page was written for [[Toaq Gamma]]. It describes a feature that did not end up being included in the latest version of Toaq, [[Toaq Delta]].}} | |||
This would make {{tone|4}} purely a "serial verb | The '''main verb tone''' or '''F-tone''' was a hypothetical new tone that would mark the main verb of a clause or sentence. | ||
This would make {{tone|4}} purely a "post-determiner and serial-verb-making tone." | |||
It is marked in this article with an "m above" diacritic. For example: {{t|{{green|Jaͫq}} chỏ jí ní sỉo da.}} | It is marked in this article with an "m above" diacritic. For example: {{t|{{green|Jaͫq}} chỏ jí ní sỉo da.}} | ||
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* Main verbs get {{tone|6}}, with {{tone|3old}} as an optional allotone. | * Main verbs get {{tone|6}}, with {{tone|3old}} as an optional allotone. | ||
* Content clauses get {{tone|7}} or {{tone|3}} (they can merge to a single creaky tone). | * Content clauses get {{tone|7}} or {{tone|3}} (they can merge to a single creaky tone). | ||
== Eventual fate == | |||
In December 2022, [[Toaq Delta]] was released, which reduced the number of tones even further, but did not include a main verb tone. | |||
* Gamma {{t|la}} has been replaced by {{t|ꝡa}}. Officially, {{t|da}} and {{t|ꝡa}} "fences" between sentences are still mandatory today. | |||
* Gamma {{t|na}} has been removed. We now have tone marking on [[connective]]s. | |||
* The frequency of the falling tone is addressed by [[tone sandhi]] and some other tonal reshuffling. | |||
* What was analyzed as "FP" (focus phrase) in Gamma is now analyzed as "𝑣P" ([[little v]] phrase). | |||