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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: | ||
{ | {{Tone table}} | ||
=== Interaction with focus particles === | === Interaction with focus particles === | ||
Tone on focus particles is a little nuanced. If you focus something | 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. | ||
Here are some examples of how this works for each of the focusable parts of speech: | Here are some examples of how this works for each of the focusable parts of speech: | ||
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! [[Verb]] | ! [[Verb]] | ||
| | |Uninflected, must use prefix form to avoid conflict with rising tone | ||
{{Derani||kụrıatua}}<ul></ul> | {{Derani||kụrıatua}}<ul></ul> | ||
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! [[Pronoun]] | ! [[Pronoun]] | ||
| style="background:#ccc" | | | style="background:#ccc" | | ||
| | | Uninflected | ||
{{Derani| |kú jí}} | {{Derani| |kú jí}} | ||
| style="background:#ccc" | | | style="background:#ccc" | | ||
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! [[Determiner]] | ! [[Determiner]] | ||
| style="background:#ccc" | | | style="background:#ccc" | | ||
| | | Uninflected | ||
{{Derani| |kú báq nam}} | {{Derani| |kú báq nam}} | ||
| style="background:#ccc" | | | style="background:#ccc" | | ||
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| Unattested | | Unattested | ||
| style="background:#ccc" | | | style="background:#ccc" | | ||
| | | Uninflected | ||
{{Derani| |kú ꝡä}} | {{Derani| |kú ꝡä}} | ||
| {{Derani| |kû 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. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! | |||
! Falling tone {{done|1}} | |||
! Rising tone {{done|2}} | |||
! Glottal tone {{done|3}} | |||
! Rising-falling tone {{done|4}} | |||
|- | |||
! Event accessor verb | |||
| style="background:#ccc" | | |||
| {{Derani| |kú ë marao}} | |||
| Uninflected, must use prefix form to avoid conflict with rising tone | |||
{{Derani| |kụ̈'e marao}} | |||
| {{Derani| |kû ë marao}} | |||
|} | |} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://toaq.net/refgram/phonology/#tones Refgram: Tones] | *[https://toaq.net/refgram/phonology/#tones Refgram: Tones] | ||