-
specific (approximate)
spoken allotones are
between curly braces. [lɪpʼɑtʼɑ]
lepata euphemism; tonemes: [ _ ¯ _ ] (L—H — L),
allotones: { _ \ _ } (low—high-falling—low)...
-
voiced consonants are
devoiced before and
after voiceless consonants. An
allotone is a
tonic allophone, such as the
neutral tone in
Standard Mandarin. There...
- from
those with
voiceless initials. (Approximately speaking, the
voiced allotones were
pronounced with
additional breathy voice or
creaky voice and with...
- was
highly complex, each
pitch phoneme having four
pitch allophones (or
allotones);
there was also a
Terminal Contour to end an
intonation clause, as well...
-
sandhi rules to be made
sense of; indeed, it
would have to have four
allotones, one for each of the four
tones that
could precede it. However, the "spreading"...
- vowel. This is one
instance of the high
toneme appearing as the extra-high
allotone without immediately following another high tone (see
Sesotho tonology)...
-
appears with a more
natural high tone
instead of the
irregular extra-high
allotone. However, in the
rarely used
first form of the
first demonstrative it appears...
- mid
vowels /e, ẽ, o, õ/ are
phonetically [ɛ, ɛ̃, ɔ, ɔ̃]. Mid tone is an
allotone of the low tone.
Metzger and
Metzger use the
following orthography. Carapano...